Emotional Regulation and Attachment Patterns Among Young Adults: An Indian Psychology Perspective

Psychological health and interpersonal connections are greatly influenced by emotional control. People’s perceptions, processing, and reactions to emotional experiences are influenced by their attachment styles. Few attempts have been made to understand these constructs’ relationships within Indian psychological frameworks, which place an emphasis on inner balance and self-regulation, despite the fact that they have been thoroughly explored in Western psychology. The current study sought to investigate, from an Indian psychological standpoint, the connection between young people’ emotional control issues and attachment insecurity. The research design used was quantitative correlational. The Experiences in Close Relationships Scale (ECR-36) and the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) were used to gather data from fifty young adults. A significant moderate positive correlation was found using Pearson’s product-moment correlation analysis, r(48) =.533, p <.001 (two-tailed). The results show that among young people, higher degrees of emotional dysregulation are linked to higher levels of attachment insecurity.