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BBE
Beziehungsspezifische Bindungsskalen für Erwachsene
Short abstract
With the bonding scales - based on Bartholomew's model of bonding styles in adulthood - the quality of the binding to important reference persons in adulthood is to be assessed by means of the axes "safe anxious" and "dependent independent". In total, the questionnaire contains 36 items. Reliability: A Cronbach's alpha of .71-.87 and 6-month stability of rtt = .70-.84 are reported. Validity: The scale "Sure-anxious" correlates highly positively with the Bartholomew prototype "Sure" and highly negatively with "Scared"; the scale "Dependent-independent" correlates highly negatively with the prototype "Rejecting". Furthermore, there are correlations between relationship characteristics relevant for commitment and the BBE: For the scale "Sure-anxious", positive correlations with the relationship quality "Potential support" and negative correlations with "Conflictiness" were found. For the scale "Dependency-independent" positive correlations with "Contact frequency" were found for the concrete relationships with mother, father and partner (not for peers); further correlations are similar to those of the scale "Sure-anxious" in an attenuated form. Discriminant validities were determined, among other things, by correlating the binding scales with characteristics of a control relationship (mother-father; peers of the same sex-peers of the opposite sex; partner-counter-gender friends) and then checking these correlations for significant deviations from the convergent validities.
Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID). (2019). Open Test Archive: BBE. Beziehungsspezifische Bindungsskalen für Erwachsene. Available at: https://www.testarchiv.eu/en/test/9003681
Citation
Asendorpf, J. B., Banse, R., Wilpers, S. & Neyer, F. J. (2002). BBE. Beziehungsspezifische Bindungsskalen für Erwachsene [Verfahrensdokumentation, Autorenbeschreibung und Fragebogen]. In Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie (ZPID) (Hrsg.), Open Test Archive. Trier: ZPID.
https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4531
Short information
Short Name BBE
English Name Relationship-Specific Attachment Scales
Authors Asendorpf, J.B., Banse, R., Wilpers, S., Neyer, F.J.
Published in Test archive 2002
Copyright/Licence Copyright Authors; CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0
Key words Spouses, Dyads, Marital Relations, Social Anxiety, Attachment Behavior, Object Relations
Language versions deu
Construct Bartholomew's model of bonding styles in adulthood
Application age Adults (18-48 years)
Item number 36 items
Subscales (1) secure-anxious, (2) dependent-independent
Application Time ca. 10 min.
Interpretation time No information.
Internal consistency: Cronbach's Alpha = .71-.87. 6-month stability: rtt = .70-.84.
Findings on construct validity.
None.
Applications Research
There is no abstract in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
There is no review in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
First published in
Asendorpf, J. B., Banse, R., Wilpers, S. & Neyer, F. J. (1997). Beziehungsspezifische Bindungsskalen für Erwachsene und ihre Validierung durch Netzwerk- und Tagebuchverfahren. Diagnostica, 43 (4), 289-313. PSYNDEX Dok.-Nr. 0115766
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Prof. i.R. Dr. phil. habil. Jens B. Asendorpf, Emeritus, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Lebenswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Institut für Psychologie, Unter den Linden 6, D-10099 Berlin
Prof. Dr. Rainer Banse, Universität Bonn, Institut für Psychologie, Sozial- und Rechtspsychologie, Kaiser-Karl-Ring 9, D-53111 Bonn
Prof. Dr. Franz J. Neyer, Lehrstuhl für Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Humboldtstraße 11, D-07743 Jena
Prof. Dr. Susanne Wilpers, Personalmanagement, Hochschulratsmitglied, Auslandsbeauftragte der Fakultät Wirtschaft und Verkehr, Hochschule Heilbronn, Max-Planck-Straße 39, D-74081 Heilbronn