Construction and Validation of Secular Attachment Scale

The present research aimed at constructing and validating “the Attachment Scale” (SAS). To this end, a 36-item scale was developed based on the related Quran verses and the traditions.
Two hundred and nine students in Shiraz University participated in the study to evaluate psychometric properties of the scale. Reliability and validity testing was used. Also, explanatory factor analysis, through the principle components analysis by varimax rotation was applied.
The test-retest reliability of the scale with two weeks interval was 0.87 and the Cronbach Alpha of the scale was 0.88. Construct validity coefficient of SAS was investigated using Patience Scale (r= -0.58), Dysfunctional Attitudes Questionnaire (r= 0.69) and Depression Inventory (r= 0.42). Explanatory factor analysis resulted in three factors that were called “attachment to the status quo”, “attachment to the material things” and “emotional attachment” respectively, accounting for %33.4 of the total variance. All of the items of SAS had a significant correlation with the total score of SAS. Also, there were significant correlations among the subscales and between the subscales’ scores and the total score of SAS, as well.
Therefore, SAS was recognized as qualified to be used in scientific studies in Iran.