Psychometric Properties of (BARE) scale: A systematic review protocol

Objective: The Brief Accessibility, Responsiveness, and Engagement (BARE) Scale is a short self-report questionnaire that measures the key behaviors of the attachment system. It can be easily administered by both clinicians and researchers of different domains as the dyadic relationship between attachment and mental/physical health. It has been proved by a vast majority of studies. To our knowledge, no measure specifically focuses on couple attachment. Furthermore, we could not find any systematic review and/or meta-analysis which have been conducted to evaluate the psychometric properties of BARE. Methods: Two independent reviewers will search comprehensively through relevant databases and also grey literature. Information will be analyzed by means of priori-defined criteria by two of reviewers. Seemingly, data will be extracted from the full texts of included studies based on a set of data extraction forms in accordance with the related psychometric information. The methodological quality of studies on the development and validation of BARE will be assessed using consensus-based standards for the selection of health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN) checklist. Finally, the psychometrics of this tool will then be analyzed using predefined criteria. Results: Systematic review with meta-analyses involving multidimensional outcomes. Discussion: In this protocol, we have briefly described our method for conducting a systematic review in order to measuring the psychometric properties of BARE. All of the reasons call for exploring the psychometric properties of BARE discussed comprehensively in the introduction.