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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Quantitative Psychology and Measurement
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1471538
Adult Disorganized Attachment Scale: Persian Adaptation, Validity, and Reliability Study
Provisionally accepted- 1Student Research Committee, Kermanshah university of Medical Sciences, Kermansha, Iran
- 2Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Kerman, Iran
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Objective: The aim of the current study was to adapt the Adult Disorganized Attachment Scale (ADA) to Persian and to examine its psychometric properties.Method: The study was conducted with 202 participants, including 124 female(61.4%), who were students at Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, aged 17-36 years. The Experience in Close Relationships measure was used to assess convergent validity, while the Sadism Scale and Shutdown Dissociation Scale were used to evaluate criterion validity. The reliability using Cronbach's alpha coefficient, convergent validity, and construct validity using confirmatory factor.analysis were examined. the collected data were analyzed in SPSS v.25 and LISREL 8.8 applications.Results: The scale demonstrated strong reliability (α = 0.82) and good convergent validity, with positive correlations to Shutdown Dissociation, Anxious and Avoidant Attachment, and Sadism (p < 0.05). Confirmatory Factor Analysis supported its structural validity with excellent fit indexes (χ²/df = 1.44, RMSEA = 0.047, CFI = 0.98, GFI = 0.96).Conclusion: This Persian version of the ADA can be considered a valid and reliable scale, which is a short and practical tool that can be used in clinical and research settings in Iran.
Keywords: Persian adaptation, validity, and Reliability Study Adaptation, adult romantic relationships, disorganized attachment, Reliability
Received: 27 Jul 2024; Accepted: 11 Apr 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Pahlavan, Mohammadian, Jaberghaderi and Mahaki. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Yukhabe Mohammadian, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, 56131-56491, Kerman, Iran
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