Impact of emotional abuse on adjustment

Pages: 1268-1270
Afreen and Shah Alam (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh)

Emotional abuse is undervalued and underrated aspect among adolescents. Emotional Abuse is one of the biggest social evil. As a result of abuse, lose control in their lives, unable to attain confidence and unable to adjust in society. Adolescence is one of the most compelling and yet complex developmental stage. The outgrowth of emotional abuse put adolescents at risk and face severe consequences such as poor school performance, distress, anxiety, irritation and have long-term outcomes such as aggression, substance abuse, suicide, post-traumatic stress disorder, and depression. To measure the impact of emotional abuse on adjustment among adolescents and to learn if there is any difference in the impact of emotional abuse of male and female adolescents. The present research was a correlation study aimed at investigating the impact of Emotional Abuse on adjustment among adolescents. The sample consists of 50 adolescent boys and 50 adolescent girls and is between the ages of 18 to 21 from Al Barkat Institute. The convenient sampling method was used to select the participants. Moreover, the tools used for this study was Emotional Abuse developed by Alam and Nasheen, and Adjustment Inventory developed by Kumar. The data were analyzed using t test and Pearson correlation. The statistical results show that there is an impact of emotional abuse on adjustment among adolescents and as emotional abuse increases among male and female adjustment level decrease. The present research implicates that serious steps should be taken against emotional abuse, create awareness at societal level, to address the rising problem of abuse among adolescents and to examine interventions for the victims of emotional abuse.