Do You Have Anxious Attachment?
Measure your anxious attachment style and discover how fear of abandonment affects your romantic relationships. Answer 7 questions honestly. Takes 2 minutes!
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About This Test
What It Measures
This test measures anxious attachment - a relationship style characterized by fear of abandonment, need for reassurance, and hypervigilance to partner distance. It evaluates core anxious attachment features: abandonment anxiety, desire for closeness exceeding partner's comfort, emotional reactivity to perceived rejection, and need for constant validation. This is one dimension of adult attachment theory.
How It Works
You'll respond to 7 statements about relationship fears, reassurance needs, and reactions to partner unavailability. Your score places you on a spectrum from secure (low abandonment fear, comfortable with distance) to preoccupied (constant anxiety, dominant reassurance needs). The test focuses on romantic relationships but patterns often extend to friendships. Based on attachment anxiety research.
When to Use This Test
Take this test if you've been called clingy or needy, if you panic when partners don't text back immediately, if you read into every signal, if relationships feel exhausting due to constant worry, if partners say you're 'too much', or if you're in therapy exploring attachment patterns. Anxious attachment develops from inconsistent early caregiving but can change with awareness and secure relationship experiences.