Emotional intelligence, adult attachment styles and levels of resilience in women victims of gender violence

Violence against women constitutes a violation of human rights and a public health emergency. It is necessary to analyze variables that could be linked to it and are susceptible to being worked on to prevent or solve this situation. The present study aims to describe the attachment styles, dimensions of emotional intelligence, and levels of resilience of women victims of gender violence, and to establish if there is a relationship between them. To this end, we worked with 130 women between 30 and 60 years old, victims of gender violence in the couple, who attended a municipal comprehensive care center in the city of San Salvador de Jujuy, selected through a non-probabilistic sampling of voluntary participants; These women were administered, in person, a survey created for the occasion, the perceived emotional intelligence scale, the scale on attachment styles in romantic and non-romantic relationships, and the resilience scale. A descriptive correlational, cross-sectional design was used. The participants showed adequate attention and emotional repair, but emotional clarity showed that it needed to be improved. The fearful-avoidant attachment style represented the majority of those evaluated, followed by anxious attachment. The highest percentage showed low levels of resilience. A relationship was detected between the dimensions of emotional intelligence, levels of resilience and attachment styles. The results obtained can be of practical use to undertake actions in the psychosocial treatment and prevention of this problem.