ArticleBMC psychology2021
Evaluation of a short version of the Experiences in Close Relationships-Revised questionnaire (ECR-RD8): results from a representative German sample.
Article in BMC psychology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06018272 (Mentalisierungsbasierte Therapie Versus Bona-fide-Therapie für Patient), which is not on this map. Cited by 25 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Mentalisierungsbasierte Therapie Versus Bona-fide-Therapie für Patient:Innen Mit Borderline-Persönlichkeitsstörung in Deutschland (MaGnet): Eine Prospektive, Multizentrische Randomisiert-kontrollierte Studie Mentalization-based Treatment Versus Bona-fide Treatment for Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder in Germany (MAGNET): a Prospective, Multi-centre Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed.
- The role of adult romantic attachment in long-term childhood cancer survivors' social relationships and help-seeking.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Replicability or revision? Further evidence on the psychometric quality of the German version of the epistemic trust, mistrust and credulity questionnaire.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Delirium in critically ill COVID-19 patients: incidence, predictors, and outcomes in invasive mechanical ventilation with versus without ECMO support.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Article
- Psychosocial outcome of COVID-19 patients requiring ventilation after ECMO versus long-term mechanical ventilation.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Assessing adult attachment after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: an exploratory analysis and construct validation of the ECR-RS.Resuscitation plus · 2026Article
- Why should I use social chatbots? On potential users' acceptance and the role of anthropomorphism.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- "Normal" vs. "difficult" cases with eating disorders: the therapists' perspective.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Newly validated touch experiences and attitudes questionnaire in German (TEAQ-G) is linked to social functioning, mental health, and hormonal stress regulation.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Trauma, personality structure and psychopathology: a cartography of psychodynamic constructs.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2025Article
- Article
- Exploring how attachment insecurities mediate the link between sexual and partnership satisfaction in adolescents and young adults with cancer.Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) · 2025Article
- Translation and validation of the German version of the Systemic Inventory of Change.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Effects of insecure attachment on fMRI resting state functional connectivity in poly drug use disorder.PloS one · 2025Observational
- Mapping love: a personality-centered network analysis of relationship satisfaction.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Article
- Attachment styles and healthcare utilization: exploring the role of the patient-doctor relationship.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Cluster analysis of prolonged grief, posttraumatic stress, and depression symptoms in bereaved asylum seekers and refugees.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2024Article
- Does adult attachment mediate the relationship between primary emotion traits and eating disorder symptoms?Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- The relationship between attachment, primary emotions and positive/negative spirituality: a path analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- The 10-Item Short Form of the German Experiences in Close Relationships Scale (ECR-G-10)-Model Fit, Reliability, and Validity.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundAttachment insecurity is a prominent risk factor for the development and course of psychiatric and psychosomatic disorders. The Experiences in Close Relationships - Revised (ECR-R) questionnaire is a widely used self-report to assess attachment related anxiety and avoidance. However, its length has the potential to restrict its use in large, multi-instrument studies. The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate a brief version of the ECR-R, and provide norm values for the German population.
methodsA screening version of the original ECR-R was developed through principal components analysis of datasets from several previous studies. In a representative sample of 2428 randomly selected individuals from the German population, we compared fit indices of different models by means of confirmatory factor analyses (CFA). We investigated the convergent validity of the screening version in an independent convenience sample of 557 participants. Correlations between the short and the full scale were investigated in a re-analysis of the original German ECR-R evaluation sample.
resultsCFA indicated a satisfactory model fit for an eight-item version (ECR-RD8). The ECR-RD8 demonstrated adequate reliability. The subscales correlated as expected with another self-report measure of attachment in an independent sample. Individuals with higher levels of attachment anxiety, but especially higher levels of attachment avoidance were significantly more likely to not be in a relationship, across all age groups. Correlations between the short and the full scale were high.
conclusionsThe ECR-RD8 appears to be a reliable, valid, and economic questionnaire for assessing attachment insecurity. In addition, the reported population-based norm values will help to contextualize future research findings.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What Socratic holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.