INSECURE ATTACHMENT STYLES AND OBSESSIVE LOVE AMONG EMERGING ADULTS

Abstract

The aim of current study was to examine the association between insecure attachment styles, and Obsessive Love among emerging adults. After detailed review of the literature it was hypothesized that Insecure attachment style would be predictor of obsessive love among emerging adults. A convinient sampling approach was used to choose the sample consisting of 200 male and 200 female emerging adults with age range of 18 to 25 years for this study from several educational institutes of Faisalabad. The variables under research were measured using the following scales: Revised Adult Attachment Scale (Collins, 1996), and Extreme Love Beliefs Scale (Doron et al., 2014) were used to assess the variables of attachment style and obsessive love respectively. SPSS version 26 was used to run descriptive statistics and linear regression analysis to test the hypotheses of the present research. The results reveal insecure attachment style as significant predictor of obsessive love among emerging adults. The implications and avenues for future research are suggested.