The Attachment Relationship with Emotional Intelligence and Well-Being
Journal Title: Journal of Experiential Psychotherapy - Year 2015, Vol 18, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: In personality development, attachment experiences are critical for human emotional and cognitive development. Interactions with attachment figures are important for the shaping of individuals’ self-image and social world, which are internalized in an internal working model (Bowlby, 1969/1982), based on affective and cognitive representations of self, others, and relationships, which affect individuals’ close relationships and emotion regulation throughout their lifespan. Attachment theory has become, also, one of the most influential perspectives through we understand the emotional regulation. Onjectives: This study examines the relations between self-reported adult attachment orientation, self-esteem, emotional intelligence development and well-being. This study show the correlations between the types of adult attachment, emotional intelligence and self-esteem, and how these dimensions determine the adoption of emotion regulation strategies, attachment theory becoming one of the most influential perspectives through we understand the emotional regulation and social interaction as adult. Methods: 75 romanian adults were evaluated with Adult Attachment Scale (Collins & Read, 1990), Global Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965), Emotional Intelligence Test (adapted M. Roco by Bar-On, 1997) and Self-report Well-Being Questionnaire (Nanu, 2014). The results show the secure attachment is significative positive correlation with self-esteem, emotional intelligence and well-being. Results: Results reveal correlations between the types of adult attachment, self-esteem level, emotional intelligence development and subjective well-being. Results confirm conclusions of the other studies: Bartholomew and Horowitz (1991) - link between attachment, self-esteem and sociability, Wayne, Cozzarelli & Nebi (2010) or Xu Li & Xue Zheng, (2014) – explore emotional intelligence and self-esteem as mediators of the relationship between adult attachment orientations and subjective well-being. Conclusions: We hope that the results of this study will garner sufficient interest among attachment researchers and practitioners, to generate further investigations to the function of attachment involved in well-being.
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Doiniţa E. Nanu
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