Free Attachment Style Test

Single or partnered, explore your patterns in romantic relationships. Get your attachment-style result and continue into a plan for you.

About 5–7 minutes · full results free · no email required

The assessment

Where do you fall on the attachment spectrum?

Explore your patterns in romantic relationships. There are no right answers.

24 original questions. Full results appear instantly.

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Anxious
Avoidant
Fearful-Avoidant

24 questions · about 5–7 minutes · no email required

Prefer the shorter research questionnaire? Take the 12-question ECR-S quiz.

What is an attachment style test?

An attachment style test asks about your experiences in close relationships. Adult attachment research often describes two dimensions: anxiety about the availability of someone close and avoidance of dependence or emotional closeness. Meadow uses this framework to organize a reflection on your answers.

This is an original Meadow questionnaire, not a validated psychological scale. It does not diagnose a condition, assess childhood attachment, or prove that one relationship pattern explains your experiences.

Six areas, with room for nuance

Reassurance

How you look for signs that your connection is okay.

Time apart

What happens for you when contact or plans change.

Keeping your voice

Whether fear of losing connection crowds out your own preferences.

Emotional openness

How you respond when someone gets to know your inner world.

Receiving support

What it feels like to let someone close help or have a say.

Reconnecting

How you handle closeness after an emotionally difficult moment.

Understanding your attachment-style result

The result describes where your answers fall on anxiety and avoidance. These four labels summarize a spectrum; people do not always fit neatly into one category. Your current relationship and circumstances can influence what you report.

How this test is scored

  1. Responses range from 1 (Strongly disagree) to 7 (Strongly agree). Each topic has four items. Two describe more anxiety or avoidance, and two describe less; the latter are reverse-scored as 8 minus your answer.
  2. We average the answered items in each topic, then equally average the three anxiety topics and the three avoidance topics. All 24 questions must be answered to receive a result.
  3. Scores above 4 are grouped as higher; scores at or below 4 as lower. This midpoint rule is Meadow’s design choice, not a clinical cutoff. Scores within 0.25 of the midpoint are described as more mixed patterns in the result summary; small changes may change the label.
  4. Results explain your attachment style, reassurance needs, and comfort with closeness in plain language. There are no population percentiles, diagnostic thresholds, or claims of proven accuracy. The topic groups and scoring rules have not been validated.

Research background: R. Chris Fraley’s overview of adult attachment theory and research. This source explains the framework; it does not validate or endorse Meadow’s questions.

Attachment style test questions, answered

What does this attachment style test tell me?

This test summarizes your answers about closeness, reassurance, time apart, and support. It offers a provisional adult attachment-style reflection based on six relationship topics. Your answers describe your experience; they do not establish a diagnosis or explain why a relationship feels the way it does.

Is this attachment style test scientifically validated?

No. Meadow wrote these 24 questions for self-reflection. The anxiety-and-avoidance framework comes from adult attachment research, but this questionnaire and its scoring rules have not been scientifically validated. More questions provide more topics to explore, not a proven increase in accuracy.

How is this different from Meadow's attachment style quiz?

Our quick quiz uses the 12-item ECR-S research questionnaire. This longer test uses 24 original Meadow questions covering six topics in everyday relationship experiences. Both show free results without an email. The longer test is not the ECR-R or an extended ECR-S.

Can I take the test if I am single?

Yes. You can answer from past dating experiences or romantic relationships; you do not need a current partner. This test focuses on romantic connection rather than friendships or family bonds. If you have never dated, your answers will reflect expectations rather than lived relationship experience.

Does this test reveal my childhood attachment style?

No. These questions focus on adult romantic relationships. They cannot assess your attachment as a child, establish what happened in your childhood, or determine a parent's attachment style. After your results, you can optionally explore your experiences further in Meadow's guided flow.

Are my attachment style test results free?

Yes. Your style reflection and descriptions of your relationship patterns are available immediately without an account or email. Continuing into Meadow's personalized plan is optional; the app program is a separate paid offering. You can also read the free attachment guides.