The Effect of Victimization of Emotional Violence on Loneliness

Abstract

Emotional violence, which is the most common type of violence in life but the most difficult to understand and detect, causes negative effects on individuals. Considering loneliness, one of the most intense emotions experienced by individuals in recent years, as a possible result of emotional violence, this research aims to determine the level of exposure to emotional violence and to reveal its effect on loneliness. Personal Information Form, Exposure to Emotional Violence Scale and Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale for Adults (SELSA-S) were used as data collection tools in the study, and 139 (40.2%) men and 207 (59.8%) women were included in the study. A total of 346 participants were reached. According to the findings, 78.9% of the participants were exposed to emotional violence, their exposure to emotional violence was moderate (63.80 ± 24.50) according to the scores obtained from the Exposure to Emotional Violence Scale, and the level of social and emotional loneliness was also moderate (61.30 ± 12.30) was observed. It has been determined that there is a negative relationship between exposure to emotional violence and emotional loneliness and the total scores of social and emotional loneliness. As a result, this research reveals that emotional violence is seen at very serious rates, the feeling of loneliness is not to be underestimated, but loneliness may have been seen as a coping method rather than a result of emotional violence as expected