Twenty statements reflect how closeness alarm and space need appeared in one named relationship and recent time window. The two scores remain visible, and a middle band prevents a forced type.
Closeness alarm describes how readily distance feels urgent. Space need describes how readily stepping back helps. Scores from 40 to 60 stay in a middle band instead of being pushed into a quadrant.
lower closeness alarm · lower distance needCloseness need not grip. Space need not leave.
higher closeness alarm · lower distance needWhen distance changes, you often hear it first.
lower closeness alarm · higher distance needSpace is not rejection. It is how clarity returns.
higher closeness alarm · higher distance needBoth movements may be protecting something.
It scores two self-reported dimensions in one context: closeness alarm and space need. The labels are plain-language descriptions, not clinical attachment diagnoses.
Not yet. The scoring direction, item counts, reverse scoring, and middle-band rule are testable in code, but psychometric review and human validation are still required before release claims.
Yes. A different relationship, time window, or recent event can change your answers. The result is deliberately written as a contextual tendency, not a fixed trait.
If either score sits from 40 to 60, the report returns No Label Yet. That guardrail avoids presenting a borderline score as a confident quadrant.
They can, but each person should name their own relationship context and read the scores as conversation prompts, not as labels for blaming or predicting the other person.