Marital Interpersonal Pathologies Questionnaire for Women with Attachment Anxiety Symptoms: Development and Validation

Abstract

This study aimed to develop and validate a marital interpersonal pathologies questionnaire for women with attachment anxiety symptoms (MIPA). The sample consisted of 400 married women with attachment anxiety symptoms who were selected through convenience sampling. Factor analysis results showed that the marital interpersonal pathology questionnaire for women with attachment anxiety involved three factors (emotional pathologies, communication pathologies, and functional pathologies) with ten different dimensions. The findings indicated that this questionnaire had high validity and reliability and was capable of identifying marital interpersonal pathologies in women with attachment anxiety. Implications for future research and couple and family therapy are discussed.

Keywords:

• Attachment anxiety
• interpersonal pathologies
• couples
• validity
• reliability

Acknowledgments

The authors greatly appreciate and thank all individuals and institutions that collaborated in conducting this research. They would also like to thank all the participants whose cooperation made it possible to complete this study.

Disclosure statement

The authors report no potential conflicts of interest.