STABILITY AND DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY OF THE ADULT ATTACHMENT INTERVIEW- A PSYCHOMETRIC STUDY IN YOUNG ISRAELI ADULTS

Fifty-nine male and female Israeli students were interviewed twice by 2 different interviewers at 3-month intervals to assess the Adult Atta chment Interview's (AAI; C. George, N. Kaplan, & M. Main, 1985) test-r etest reliability and the effects of the interviewers on the interview itself as well as its subsequent classification. Various memory measu res were used to obtain a wide range of information about subjects' me mory abilities. Information was also obtained from the students' recor ds about various intelligence-related skills. Results showed high degr ee of interjudge and test-retest reliabilities, irrespective of interv iewers. The classifications on the AAI were not found to be associated with nonattachment-related memory and intelligence abilities.