Free Attachment Style Quiz - Discover Your Relationship Patterns

Take our attachment style quiz to understand how you form emotional bonds in relationships. Based on psychological research, this quiz will help you identify your attachment style and how it affects your relationships.

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Your Attachment Style Results

Secure

Anxious-Preoccupied

Dismissive-Avoidant

Fearful-Avoidant

Understanding Attachment Styles

Attachment styles are patterns of how people think, feel, and behave in relationships, formed in early childhood and continuing into adulthood. Understanding your attachment style can help improve your relationships.

The Four Attachment Styles

Style Description Relationship Patterns
Secure Comfortable with intimacy and independence Healthy boundaries, trusting, communicates needs well
Anxious-Preoccupied Seeks high intimacy, worries about abandonment Needy, jealous, requires constant reassurance
Dismissive-Avoidant Values independence over intimacy Emotionally distant, avoids commitment, self-reliant
Fearful-Avoidant Wants closeness but fears getting hurt Mixed signals, hot-and-cold behavior, fear of rejection

Why Attachment Styles Matter

Relationship Quality

Understanding your attachment style can lead to healthier, more satisfying relationships.

Conflict Resolution

Recognizing attachment patterns helps resolve conflicts more effectively.

Personal Growth

Becoming aware of your style is the first step toward developing more secure attachments.

How Accurate Is This Quiz?

Our attachment style quiz is based on established psychological research. For accurate results, answer honestly based on how you typically feel and behave in relationships, not how you wish you would.

Applications of Attachment Theory

Understanding attachment styles can help with:

  • Romantic Relationships: Improve communication and emotional connection
  • Parenting: Develop secure attachments with your children
  • Friendships: Understand relationship dynamics with friends
  • Therapy: Address relationship challenges in counseling
  • Self-Improvement: Work toward earning secure attachment

FAQ: Attachment Style Quiz

Can attachment styles change?

Yes, while early patterns are influential, attachment styles can change through self-awareness, therapy, and positive relationship experiences.

What's the most common attachment style?

About 50-60% of people have a secure attachment style, with the rest divided among the insecure styles.

Do people with different styles attract each other?

Often yes - anxious and avoidant types frequently form relationships, which can create challenging dynamics.

Is attachment style the same as love language?

No, love languages describe how we express love, while attachment styles describe how we relate emotionally.

Can I retake the quiz?

Yes, especially after significant relationship experiences or personal growth work.