ABSTRACT
J. C. McCroskey and T. A. McCain conceptualized interpersonal attraction as a multidimensional construct. The Interpersonal Attraction Scale (IAS) has been used rather extensively across the communication discipline and to a lesser extent in related fields. Attraction has been positively associated with a host of communication behaviors and perceptions, providing ample evidence of construct validity. The IAS has received a generous amount of attention in the literature, yet some studies question the factor structure of the scale. Users of the IAS should factor-analyze the scale and employ the resulting subscales rather than rely on the factor structure originally provided by the authors. C. H. Tardy summarized many of the strengths and weaknesses of attraction measures and concluded that the IAS “may be too general to actually detect differences among individuals who have known each other for a long period of time.
