Measuring attachment security via the Security Scale: Latent structure,invariance across mothers and fathers and convergent validity |
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| Authors: | Tatiana Marci Francesca Lionetti Ughetta Moscardino Massimiliano Pastore Vincenzo Calvo Gianmarco Altoé |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy;2. Department of Biological and Experimental Psychology, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK;3. Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy |
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| Abstract: | The Security Scale (SS) is a widely used questionnaire measuring attachment towards mother and father in school-aged children. Whilst existing evidence supports concurrent and discriminant validity of the SS, its factorial structure remains largely underexplored. The current study examined the factorial structure of the SS, explored its measurement invariance across mother and father, and evaluated its convergent validity with the Coping Strategies Questionnaire in a sample of 149 Italian children aged 8–10 years. In statistical analyses, we accounted for the ordinal nature of the data and adopted an ad hoc bootstrap procedure for the estimation of measurement invariance. Results supported the factorial validity of the SS and the structural invariance of its underlying construct across parents. Evidence for convergent validity was also found. Overall, the Italian version of the SS is a promising tool to assess attachment in school-aged children. |
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| Keywords: | Attachment Security Scale confirmatory factor analysis psychometric properties measurement invariance |
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