Relationship Between Emotional Abuse & Attachment Styles

Emotional abuse is any act which involves mental harassment, name calling, invalidation, blaming, criticizing, verbal abuse, insulting controlling your partner & manipulation involved which often results in lowered self-esteem, anxiety & depression in the individuals. 80% of the population in India experiences emotional abuse conferring to the research & articles. Attachment styles are how an individual connects or bonds emotionally with other individuals. It is long lasting connection between the individuals. Attachment styles are important for the growth of one’s personality. The aim of the present study is to examine the relationship between emotional abuse & attachment style.  The sample size of the study was 103 young adults. The tools used for this study were Emotional Abuse Scale by Neil Jacobson and John Gottmanh & Measure of Attachment Style by Naseem Ahmed, A. Jahan & Imtiaz N. The nature and implication of the relationship between the two variables has been discussed in the paper