A study of emotional intelligence and perceived parenting styles among adolescents in a rural area in Karnataka

Abstract

Context:Adolescence is the time which is crucial for the overall development of a person both mentally and physically. In this period, along with academic intelligence, emotional intelligence (EI) also plays an equal or strong role in student life.Aims:This study was to assess EI, parental bonding, and their association among adolescents in high schools under Sarjapur PHC area.Subjects and Methods:This was a cross-sectional study conducted among high school students under Sarjapur PHC area. The EI was assessed using EI scale which measured self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills. The parental bonding instrument was utilized to determine the parental styles of both the parents and was interpreted in terms of care and protection as neglectful parenting, affectionless control, optimal parenting, and affectionate control.Results:A total of 300 adolescents were interviewed. It was seen that most of them had low EI in self-awareness, i.e., 92 (30.7%), motivation 99 (33%), and social skills 101 (33.7%). It was also observed that most of them had high EI in self-regulation, i.e., 98 (32.7%) and moderately high EI in empathy 117 (39%). The study group perceived that 147 (49%) of the fathers and 109 (36.3%) of the mothers had affectionless control.Conclusion:Along with poor parenting, most of the respondents also have low EI in self-awareness, motivation, and social skills which has to be addressed for the future of the country.

Parenting Style, Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Health of Nigerian Children

“…Majority of the participants fall within low and average emotional intelligence. This is similar to finding on adolescent in rural Indian community [26] who reported that students in rural communities had low EI in the domain of selfawareness, motivation, and social skills. The result of this study revealed that composite parenting style is a strong independent predictor of Emotional Intelligence among the participants.…”

Is School Adjustment Related to Environmental Empathy and Connectedness to Nature?

“…By contrast, low school adjustment was related to the lowest levels of environmental (cognitive and emotional) empathy and connectedness to nature. These results lead us to believe that other relevant variables related to psychosocial processes that enhance school adjustment would presumably also play this role in environmental empathy (cognitive and emotional) and connectedness to nature, such as family relations, parental socialization, communication, family functioning (García, Serra, Zacarés, & García, 2018;George et al, 2017;Rodríguez-Gutiérrez, Martin-Quintana, & Cruz-Sosa, 2016), and peer relations (Farley & Kim-Spoon, 2017;Mavroveli, Petrides, Rieffe, & Bakker, 2007).…”

Dance, sports or academics: which monopolize students emotional quotient

“…Many other studies showed the reverse relationship of family size with emotional intelligence which was not significant in this study. 30,31 This factor can be explained by the fact of less interaction and supervision from parents in a large family structure.…”

“…This study showed that there is no gender difference in EI which is consistent with a study done in Shimla, Hyderabad, and Karnataka. [31][32][33] However, many studies, showed that there is a significant difference between genders in case of EI. 34,35 Few showed girls at a higher level of emotional intelligence due to the capability of being more sensitive to emotions, more awareness of their feelings, proficiency in managing their and other's feeling.…”

“…37,39 The finding of the independent association with the position among siblings is contradicted by another study conducted among adolescents in Karnataka where the middle and younger children were more emotionally intelligent. 31 The reason quoted was that firstborn grew alone whereas middle and younger people had a more accommodative mentality which made them self-aware about their ability and to be more empathetic.…”