Experiences in Close Relationships-Revised: Urdu Translation and Validation for Pakistani Married Adults

Abstract

The Experiences in Close Relationships-Revised is well researched and validated tool for the investigation of adult attachment styles in romantic relationships based on two sub-domains: anxiety and avoidance. The current study aimed at the adaptation and validation of ECR-R for married adults in Pakistan. It is a self-report 36 item version. All items were translated and adapted in Urdu to achieve semantic, idiomatic, contextual, and linguistic adaptation. 298 married individuals from five provincial capitals participated in the current study. As per proposed factorial structure of original author the factorial structure for Pakistani population was first explored by exploratory factor analysis. Total of 10 items were dropped to achieve the shorter and representative factor model for Urdu version. After validation analysis, the same factorial structure of two factors as determined by English version was concluded for the Urdu version. Final version has 13 items in each factor with adequate factor loadings. Results indicated that 26 items Urdu-translated version of ECR-R is a valid and reliable tool for the investigation of married individuals’ attachment styles in romantic relationships.