Psychological Attachment Instrument
Measures Organizational Commitment.
Sample items
- “Ifthe values of the organization were different, I would not be as attached to this organization”
- “Since joining this organization, my personal values and those of the organization have become more similar”
Reliability & validity
Cronbach's α 0.86–0.91 across reported samples.
Sources
- O’Reilly and Chatman (1990)
Deploy it
The full item bank and survey deployment live in the People Analytics Toolbox (the enterprise survey-item library), with the min-N privacy gate.
What the literature says
The measurement literature behind this signal — sourced, so you can defend it.
“Structure related and psychodynamic variables were assessed with the OPD (Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnostics System for Children and Adolescents), the CCQ (California Child Q-Sort) and the Heidelberg Attachment Style Rating for Children and Adolescents (HAR-CA). By means…”
— Assessingchangeinpsychoanalyticpsychothematch 55%
“Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS; Sheehan, 1983) The SDS is a composite of three self-rated items designed to measure the extent to which three major sectors in the patient’s life—work, social life, and family life—are impaired by psychiatric symptoms. Despite its brevity, the…”
— Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Groupsmatch 53%
“infant-mother attachment A replication study. Child Development, 62, 373- 384. Iwakabe, S., Rogan, K. & Stalikas, A. (2000). The relationship between client emotional expressions, therapist interventions, and the working alliance: An exploration of eight emotional expression…”
— Assessingchangeinpsychoanalyticpsychothematch 52%
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