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Universality and Normativity of the Attachment Theory in Non-Western Psychiatric and Non-Psychiatric Samples: Multiple Group Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA)

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  • Naser Abdulhafeeth Alareqe

    (Department of Psychology and Counseling, Taiz University (TU), Taiz 6803, Yemen)

  • Samsilah Roslan

    (Department of Foundations of Education, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Selangor 43400, Malaysia)

  • Sahar Mohammed Taresh

    (Department of Foundations of Education, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Selangor 43400, Malaysia)

  • Mohamad Sahari Nordin

    (Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Selangor 53100, Malaysia)

Abstract

This study tests for the first time the validity of universality and normativity assumptions related to the attachment theory in a non-Western culture, using a novel design including psychiatric and non-psychiatric samples as part of a comprehensive exploratory and advanced confirmatory framework. Three attachment assessments were distributed to 212 psychiatric outpatients and 300 non-psychiatric samples in Yemen. The results of the fourteen approaches of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) produce a similar result and assertion that the psychiatric outpatients tend to explore attachment outcomes based on multi-methods, while the non-psychiatric samples suggest an attachment orientation based on multi-traits (self–other). The multiple group-confirmatory factor analysis (MG-CFA) demonstrates that the multi-method model fits the psychiatric samples better than the non-psychiatric samples. Equally, the MG-CFA suggests that the multi-traits model also fits the psychiatric samples better than the non-psychiatric samples. Implications of the results are discussed.

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  • Naser Abdulhafeeth Alareqe & Samsilah Roslan & Sahar Mohammed Taresh & Mohamad Sahari Nordin, 2021. "Universality and Normativity of the Attachment Theory in Non-Western Psychiatric and Non-Psychiatric Samples: Multiple Group Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA)," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(11), pages 1-19, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:11:p:5770-:d:563711
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    1. Neda Deylami & Siti Aishah Hassan & Naser Abdulhafeeth Alareqe & Zaida Nor Zainudin, 2021. "Evaluation of an Online Gottman’s Psychoeducational Intervention to Improve Marital Communication among Iranian Couples," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(17), pages 1-18, August.

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