Attachment Self-Assessment

If you've noticed patterns in how you connect with others – this explores where those patterns might have come from, and what they mean for you now.

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What this assessment explores

The way we connect with others – how much we trust, how close we let people get, how we respond when relationships feel uncertain – often traces back further than we realise. This assessment explores your attachment patterns: the way you tend to approach closeness, trust, and connection, and where those patterns may have come from. It's built on the ASQ-SF, a widely used measure in both everyday and clinical contexts.

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What you can expect

There are 29 questions, and they'll ask you to reflect on how you tend to feel and behave in close relationships. Some might feel immediately recognisable. Others might help you see a pattern you've sensed but never quite named. The questions touch on things like:

  • How comfortable you feel with closeness and depending on others
  • Whether you tend to worry about relationships or pull away from them
  • How you respond when you feel uncertain or unsupported
  • The beliefs you hold (consciously or not) about whether others can be trusted

Your responses give you a clearer picture of your attachment style, and a starting point for understanding how it might be shaping your relationships today.

Why this is free and private

Insightable Mind is built by clinical and research psychologists to help people better understand themselves, while contributing to meaningful psychological research. These assessments are offered free as part of that work. Your responses are private – when data is used for research, it's fully anonymised and combined with others to help improve the assessments and answer important questions about human psychology.

Top tips

Our best advice to help you get the most out of your self-assessment:

Usually your first instinct is the right one
Try not to over think each question.
Try not to get stuck on specific words
If a statement is 'mostly true' for you, don't get stuck on the word 'always'.
Be consistent in how you rate
If 'often' means weekly to you, apply that meaning throughout.

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