Adaptation of the Parental Attachment Recognition Scale to Turkish Culture

The purpose of this research is to adapt the "Parental Attachment Recognition Scale (PAS)" developed by Tanaka (2019) into Turkish culture and to examine its validity and reliability. A total of 800 parents, 400 mothers and 400 fathers with children between the ages of 3-8, participated in the study. Exploratory Factor Analysis was applied to determine the factor structure of the scale and Confirmatory Factor Analysis was applied to determine the accuracy of the structure. As a result of the exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, it was revealed that both the Mother Form and Father Forms of the scale had a two-factor structure: "Parent-Child Relationship" and "Emotional Bond" dimensions. The internal consistency coefficients for the "Parent-Child Relationship" and "Emotional Bond" dimensions of the EBTS Mother Form are .76 and .84, respectively. The internal consistency coefficients for the "Parent-Child Relationship" and "Emotional Bond" dimensions of the EBTS Father Form are .77 and .84, respectively. The total Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficients for both the Mother and Father Forms were calculated as .91. As a result of the research, it was determined that the Parental Attachment Recognition Scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool to determine the early childhood attachment experiences of mothers and fathers with children between the ages of 3-8.