Attachment Style Test
A short, two-dimensional attachment quiz measuring attachment anxiety and avoidance. 28 questions, full results immediately, no signup, no email, no paywall.
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28 short statements, about 3–5 minutes. Answer for how you generally are in close relationships. Your complete results appear the moment you finish — no email, no signup, no paywall.
- Scored on two continuous dimensions — attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance.
- You get both numbers and a map position, not just a one-word label.
- Everything runs in your browser — your answers never leave your device.
Note: this is a self-report tool for personal insight, not a clinical, diagnostic, or medical assessment.
How to use
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Read each of the 28 short statements and choose how much it describes you, from Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree.
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Answer for how you generally are in close relationships — partners, close friends, family — not how you'd like to be. There are no right or wrong answers.
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See your position on the two attachment dimensions (anxiety and avoidance), the quadrant it falls in, and plain-language notes on strengths and growth. Copy your result to share it, or retake anytime.
Free Attachment Style Test — Anxious, Avoidant, Secure or Fearful
A free 28-question attachment style test scored on two continuous dimensions — attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance — rather than one rigid label. Full results shown immediately, no email, no signup, no paywall.
Attachment theory started with John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth's work on how infants respond to separation from a caregiver, and was extended to adult relationships in the late 1980s. The modern research consensus is that adult attachment is best described not by four boxes but by two continuous dimensions: attachment anxiety, which is how much you fear abandonment and monitor a relationship for signs of withdrawal, and attachment avoidance, which is how uncomfortable you are with closeness, dependence, and emotional openness. Almost everyone sits somewhere in the middle of both scales rather than at an extreme.
This test gives you a score from 0 to 100 on each dimension and then shows where that lands on a two-dimensional map. Low anxiety with low avoidance is usually described as secure; high anxiety with low avoidance as anxious or preoccupied; low anxiety with high avoidance as avoidant or dismissing; and high on both as fearful-avoidant, sometimes called disorganised. The label is a shorthand for your position on the map, not a category you belong to — someone at 52 and someone at 95 on the same dimension are described by the same word but are not living the same experience, which is exactly why the two numbers matter more than the name.
The 28 statements here are original wording written for this tool, balanced with 14 items per dimension and an even split of positively and negatively keyed statements so that a general tendency to agree with things cancels out of your score. This is not the ECR, ECR-R, or any other copyrighted research instrument, and it should not be read as equivalent to one. Attachment patterns also vary by relationship and by context: many people are more secure with a long-term friend than with a new romantic partner, and results can shift over months and years, particularly after a significant relationship or a period of therapy.
Treat your result as a starting point for reflection rather than a diagnosis. Attachment styles are not fixed traits, they are learned patterns of expectation, and they respond to consistent, safe relationships over time. Everything on this page runs in your browser — no answers are sent to a server, no account is created, and no email is ever requested. This is not a clinical or diagnostic assessment, and if your relationship patterns are causing you real distress, a licensed therapist is far better equipped to help than any online quiz.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the four attachment styles?
Secure (comfortable with both closeness and independence), Anxious or preoccupied (wants closeness, fears losing it), Avoidant or dismissing (self-reliant, uncomfortable depending on others), and Fearful-avoidant or disorganised (wants closeness and finds it unsafe at the same time). In this test they're the four quadrants formed by your anxiety and avoidance scores.
Why does this test give me two scores instead of one type?
Because that's how the research actually models adult attachment. Anxiety and avoidance are continuous dimensions, and your exact position on each says far more than the quadrant name. Two people can share a label while sitting in very different places on the map.
Is this the ECR or a validated clinical instrument?
No. The items here are original statements written for this tool, structured around the same two dimensions used in attachment research. It is designed for personal insight and is not a validated clinical or diagnostic instrument.
Can my attachment style change?
Yes. Attachment patterns are learned expectations, not fixed personality traits. They commonly shift over time with consistent, safe relationships, significant life events, or therapy. Many people move toward the secure quadrant across their adult life.
How long does it take?
About 3 to 5 minutes. There are 28 short statements, each answered on a 5-point scale, and nothing is timed.
Is my data saved or shared?
No. Every answer and score stays in your browser. Nothing is sent to a server, no account is created, and no email is requested.
What does it mean if my scores are near the boundary between two styles?
It means you're genuinely in between, not that the test is uncertain. Anxiety and avoidance are continuous, so a score close to the midpoint on either dimension puts you near the edge of two neighbouring quadrants at once — the result screen flags this directly rather than forcing you into one label.
Can I take this about a specific relationship instead of in general?
Yes. The statements are written broadly on purpose, but you can answer with one specific relationship in mind if you'd rather see your pattern there — just be consistent across all 28 statements so the two scores stay comparable. Retake it with a different relationship in mind any time.
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