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Cantwell Izzo, Silvana (2025) Impact of Parenting Styles on Emotional Intelligence, Social Skills, and Mental Health in Adulthood. Undergraduate thesis, Dublin, National College of Ireland.
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Abstract
Aims: This study aimed to explore the association between the three main parenting styles: Authoritative, authoritarian and permissive/negligent and their effects on emotional intelligence, social skills and mental health in adulthood. The study attempted to determine if there were any specific parenting strategies that predicted better or worse social and psychological outcomes.
Method: The study consisted of 64 participants that used a self-report questionnaire to assess their perceived parenting style using The Parenting Style Inventory II (PSI-II), their emotional intelligence (EI)/social skills using the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire- Short Form (TEIQue_SF) and mental health using the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). Two multiple regression analyses were run to assess the relationship between the three parenting styles and the two dependent variables: EI and mental health.
Results: The findings showed that authoritative parenting was a significant predictor of higher emotional intelligence which supports the literature that autonomy and emotional support foster better emotional outcomes. There was a non-significant relationship between authoritarian or permissive parenting and emotional intelligence. In addition, none of the three parenting styles showed any significant relationship with mental health, this suggests that other external factors may contribute to mental health alongside parenting such as: culture, genetics, and socio-economic status.
Conclusion: The study promotes the importance of authoritative parenting for better emotional intelligence. However, small sample size and a need for longitudinal research may help to understand the lasting effects of parenting on psychological health
| Item Type: | Thesis (Undergraduate) |
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| Supervisors: | Name Email Kelly, Michelle UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Authoritarian; Authoritative; Permissive; emotional intelligence; parenting; mental health |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > Psychology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > Psychology > Emotional Intelligence R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA790 Mental Health |
| Divisions: | School of Business (- 2025) > BA (Honours) in Psychology |
| Depositing User: | Ciara O'Brien |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Nov 2025 11:01 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Nov 2025 11:01 |
| URI: | https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/8879 |
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