The Relationship between Parental Style, Parental Competence and Emotional Intelligence

Abstract

Over the past few years, there has been an increase in concern for studying the relationship between parents and children in order to improve it. Clarifying and understanding the concepts of parental style, parental competence and parents’ emotional intelligence and how they intertwine in raising and educating children is essential for improving the way parents educate their children. This research investigates the relationship between these three concepts and the results highlight the fact that both the parental style adopted by the parent and the high level of parental competence positively correlate with emotional intelligence.