Relation Between Maladaptive Attachment Styles in Adulthood Relationships and Global Self-Esteem

Abstract

The present study will look at the link between maladaptive attachment styles in adult relationships and Global(overall) self-esteem. In this study, it is studied whether the type of attachment styles one has during mature relationships affects global self-esteem. This is an example of relational research. Purposive sampling was used to select 130 participants to constitute the research sample. The outcomes are as follows: Anxious attachment is significantly negatively correlated to global self-esteem, and as anxious attachment increases, so does self-esteem, avoidant attachment is non-significant but negatively correlated to global self-esteem, and as avoidant attachment increases, so does self-esteem. According on the current study’s findings, we can further deduce that people with secure style of attachment in relationships also had low self-esteem, which could be due to extraneous variables such as age range, peer pressure, work-life balance, gender, and so on.