Free Attachment Style Test
Your attachment style is the relational blueprint you formed in early life — and it still runs in the background of every close relationship you have today. It shapes how you handle closeness, conflict, and dependency without you realizing it. This free attachment style test (20 questions, 8 minutes) tells you whether you lean secure, anxious, or avoidant — and what that means for how you love and connect.
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What you'll learn
- 1Your scores on secure, anxious, and avoidant attachment dimensions
- 2How your attachment pattern shows up in romantic relationships, friendships, and work
- 3The specific triggers that activate your anxious or avoidant responses
- 4Evidence-based strategies for developing more secure attachment
- 5How your pattern compares to typical adult attachment distributions
What this test measures
Attachment Style maps 3 dimensions of how you connect, depend, and protect yourself in close relationships.
Secure Attachment
Comfortable with both intimacy and independence. Can depend on others and be depended on without chronic fear of abandonment or smothering.
Anxious Attachment
Craves closeness but fears it won't last. Tends to monitor relationships closely, needs frequent reassurance, and can become dysregulated when partners pull away.
Avoidant Attachment
Values independence and self-sufficiency to the point of discomfort with emotional closeness. Often dismisses emotional needs — their own and others'.
Research background
Attachment theory was developed by John Bowlby in the 1960s and extended to adult relationships by Cindy Hazan and Phillip Shaver. Research shows that about 55–65% of adults are securely attached, ~20% are anxiously attached, and ~25% are avoidantly attached. Attachment style significantly predicts relationship satisfaction, mental health outcomes, and parenting behavior.
Frequently asked questions
Can attachment style change?
Yes. Attachment style is not fixed. Secure relationships, therapy (especially EMDR and attachment-focused approaches), and increased self-awareness all shift attachment patterns over time. Knowing yours is the starting point.
What is the most common attachment style in adults?
Secure attachment is the most common, found in roughly 55–65% of adults. Avoidant (dismissive) is the second most common at ~25%, and anxious (preoccupied) is found in about 20% of adults.
Can I have more than one attachment style?
Most people have a primary style and secondary tendencies. You may also have different styles in different relationship types — more secure at work, more anxious in romantic relationships, for example.
Is this quiz clinically validated?
This is a self-report screening tool, not a clinical diagnostic instrument. For deeper therapeutic work on attachment, a licensed therapist who specializes in attachment-focused approaches is recommended.
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