Abstract

NOBLEGA, Magaly  and  TRAVERSO, Pierina. Reliability and Validity of Attachment Cognitions. Pensam. psicol. [online]. 2013, vol.11, n.1, pp.7-25. ISSN 1657-8961.

Objective. This study aims to assess preliminarily reliability and validity of the Attachment Cognitions: The CaMir Q Sort. The instrument evaluates attachment cognitions at the level of semantic representations and the processing of these cognitions. Method. Participants were 372 persons who lived in Lima (Peru's capital city), of these 240 were women and 132 were men, with ages ranging between 18 and 42 years (M = 26.63, SD = 5.69). 76.3% belonged to middle socioeconomic status (SES) and the rest of participants to low SES. They attained high school and higher education. Reliability was evaluated through internal consistency and temporal stability. Construct validity was explored correlating its scales, and through factor analysis. Results. Adequate levels of reliability were found for most scales, and most correlations between prototypes and scales are consistent with theory. Factor analysis shows 5 latent factors. Conclusion. CaMir is a reliable instrument and has an acceptable validity for the assessment of attachment cognitions especially in middle socio-economic status (SES). However, this study is preliminary and still in its exploratory stage, therefore further research is needed.

Keywords : Attachment cognitions; CaMir; adult attachment; psychometrics.

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