A Serbian Version of Modified and Revised Experiences in Close Relationships Scale (SM–ECR–R)

Abstract

We present details about the validation of the Serbian version of the Experiences in Close Relationships–Revised questionnaire modified to measure attachment in close relationships in general (SM–ECR–R). Its psychometric features were examined with 2 samples of students (N = 719 and N = 91) and 1 group of employed adults (N = 259). The results obtained in the student sample were equivalent to those obtained in validation studies worldwide, whereas in the more heterogeneous sample of employed adults, internal consistency of both avoidance and anxiety was lower and their intercorrelation was higher. Test–retest reliability was satisfactory, and relations with measures of attachment, empathy, and personality structure were meaningful. The results support the SM–ECR–R as a reliable and valid research instrument, but its internal structure and consistency might vary in different samples, depending on age, education, gender, and culture.

Acknowledgments

This research was partly supported by Project No. 179018, funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia.

We thank the numerous instructors and students at the Universities of Belgrade and Novi Sad who participated in Studies 1 and 3, and Sonja Milojevic for her inexhaustible help in gathering data.

Our second study is part of a larger project that we conducted jointly with Zorana Jolic Marjanovic and Ana Altaras Dimitrijevic, and which was made possible by the managements of Salford Capital Partners, Inc., Beograd and Visaris.

The SM–ECR–R can be obtained from the authors.