EDQ
Emotional Dependency Questionnaire (EDQ)
The Emotional Dependency Questionnaire (also known as the affective dependency questionnaire) is designed to assess the level of emotional dependency in romantic relationships. It includes 23 items divided into 6 clinical dimensions, such as separation anxiety, fear of loneliness, and attention seeking. This instrument is used to identify people who display excessive or dysfunctional affective behaviors in the context of relationships.
- Number of questions
- 23 questions
- Estimated duration
- 5 minutes
- Language
- English
- Original name
- Emotional Dependency Questionnaire
- Target audience
- Adults
- Authors
- Lemos M, Londono (2006)
- Category
- Emotional dependency, Couple issues
Preview of the 23 questions
Scoring & interpretation
This questionnaire contains 23 items, each rated on a 6-point Likert scale (1 = completely false for me, up to 6 = describes me perfectly).
For each subscale (six dimensions: separation anxiety, partner's affective expression, modification of plans, fear of loneliness, borderline expression, attention seeking), the scores of the corresponding items are summed.
The total score is the sum of the 23 items. A score greater than or equal to 81 (mean + standard deviation) indicates a clinically significant presence of emotional dependency. A score below 81 reflects either an at-risk zone (if close to the mean) or an absence of dependency behaviors (if clearly lower).
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