What's Your Attachment Style?

12 questions  ·  3 minutes  ·  no sign-up needed

The way we attach to other people, partners, friends, family, is shaped largely by our earliest experiences of closeness and safety. Attachment theory, originally developed by John Bowlby and later expanded by researchers like Mary Ainsworth, suggests that we all develop a core style for navigating intimacy and connection.

This quiz is designed to give you a starting point for understanding yours. It covers how you tend to feel about closeness, how you respond when things feel uncertain in a relationship, and what happens for you when your needs and someone else's don't quite line up.

There are no right or wrong answers and no attachment style is a verdict on who you are. Answer as honestly as you can about how you actually tend to feel, not how you think you should feel.