The Dimensional Scale of Adolescent Attachment to the Teacher and its Psychometric Properties

in the field of adolescent attachment to the teacher, there is not a stand-alone scale to be introduced the three dimensional scales of adolescence to the teacher. In this study, the sample of participants were 493 students (328 female and 165 male, age range 15-18 years). Sets of information which obtained based on study of the main resources about attachment, interviews, and open question answer about attachment to the teacher after summarizing and removing duplicates were also used. The extracted propositions were approximately 33 propositions, and after statistical adjustment, 12 propositions based on Likert scale were remained. Factory Exploratory factor analysis was conducted on 12 items of the scale, and 3 factors of secure attachment, avoidant attachment, and anxious attachment were selected. The reliability result obtained. According to the obtained findings, this scale can be suggested for measuring student's attachment to the teacher.