A study on Emotional Neglect and Emotional Regulation among Adults

Abstract

Emotional neglect represents dysfunction of the protective parental relationship on which children depend while they learn the skills needed for safe independence. It affects key developmental foundations, including perceptions of self, which should be acquired through the mirror of attuned parenting, and can have lifelong consequences for stress regulation. In distorting children’s preconceptions of relationships, it has implications for everything that should be learnt through and modeled by others. It influences the development of skills needed to function effectively both independently and through relationships. The scales used are Emotional Neglect Scale and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale. A total of 60 people participated in the study of which 30 were male and 30 were female. The age of the subject ranges from 20 to 30 years. The results showed that acceptance of emotional responses, difficulty engaging in goal-directed behavior, impulse control difficulties, limited access to emotion regulation strategies and lack of emotional clarity have significant positive correlation with difficulties in emotional regulation. Speaking of gender differences, males are the ones who has low or nil acceptances of emotional responses in comparison to the females.