Investigating the Relationship Between Parenting Styles, Resilience and Emotional Intelligence in Adulthood

Katie, Cotter Kennedy (2025) Investigating the Relationship Between Parenting Styles, Resilience and Emotional Intelligence in Adulthood. Undergraduate thesis, Dublin, National College of Ireland.

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Abstract

Current research has explored the lasting effects of parenting styles on children and adolescents’ resilience and emotional intelligence. Preliminary studies have examined how Parenting Styles, EI and Resilience parenting styles affect emotional intelligence and resilience in adulthood. This current study aimed to expand on the literature by investigating the relationship between parenting styles, emotional intelligence and resilience in adulthood. The hypotheses presented were that parenting styles would influence both emotional intelligence and resilience outcomes in adulthood and that there would be an association between emotional intelligence and resilience. Participants were recruited using convenience snowball sampling via social media (n=81). Participants completed online surveys including demographic information, The Parenting Styles and Dimensions questionnaire, The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale and

The Davies Brief Emotional Intelligence scale. Results of the two multiple regressions found no statistically significant relationships between parenting styles and resilience. Results from the Pearson correlation found a significant association between emotional intelligence and resilience. This study suggests that the development of emotional intelligence and resilience is more complex and may be determined by life experiences across the lifespan as opposed to solely early childhood experiences, such as parenting styles of parents. The results also suggest emotional intelligence and resilience are closely related.

Item Type:	Thesis (Undergraduate)
Supervisors:	Name Email Nolan, Conor UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Parenting styles; emotional intelligence; resilience
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > Psychology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > Psychology > Emotional Intelligence
Divisions:	School of Business (- 2025) > BA (Honours) in Psychology
Depositing User:	Ciara O'Brien
Date Deposited:	07 Nov 2025 13:49
Last Modified:	07 Nov 2025 13:49
URI:	https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/8886

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