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| Published: September 22, 2021
Effect of Loneliness on Attachment Styles in Young Adults during Pandemic
BA(H) Applied Psychology (2018-21) Amity Institute of Psychology and Allied Sciences Amity University, Noida, India
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Assistant Professor, Amity Institute of Psychology & Allied Sciences, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India
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DIP: 18.01.158.20210903
DOI: 10.25215/0903.158
ABSTRACT
Loneliness can be understood as the perceived feeling of being alone. Attachment styles are the ways in which we form bonds or connections with people in social relationships. This study aims to establish the effect of loneliness on attachment styles in young adults during pandemic. A sample of 148 adults was taken between the age group of 18 to 35 years. Two psychological tools were used: UCLA’s Loneliness Scale by Russell, Peplau & Ferguson (1978) and Measure of Attachment Style by Ahmad, Jahan & Imtiaz (2016). Findings show that loneliness has an effect on ambivalent insecure, secure and avoidant insecure attachment styles.
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© 2021, Swapnil S. & Sahai A.
Received: July 17, 2021; Revision Received: September 10, 2021; Accepted: September 22, 2021
Shrija Swapnil @ shrijaswapnil@gmail.com
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.158.20210903
10.25215/0903.158
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Published in Volume 09, Issue 3, July- September, 2021