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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 6 Correlation between parents’ emotional competence and parenting styles

From: Emotional competence, attachment, and parenting styles in children and parents

Parenting styles

Recognition of own emotions

Recognition of the emotions of others

Emotion regulation

Emotional expression

Regulation of the emotions of others

Authoritative

Children’s view

  Mother

.29

.315*

.16

.15

.25

  Father

.21

.431**

.349*

.11

.394*

  Parents

.29

.409*

.3

.14

.357*

Parents’ view

  Parents

.08

.26

.25

− .01

.05

  Mother

.2

.288*

.27

.1

.14

  Father

− .08

.1

.14

− .11

− .05

Permissive

Children’s view

  Mother

− .07

.03

− .01

.11

− .04

  Father

− .11

− .1

− .14

.12

− .06

  Parents

− .1

− .03

− .09

.15

− .03

Parents’ view

  Parents

− .09

− .01

− .291*

.05

.24

  Mother

− .06

− .03

− .332*

.09

.27

  Father

− .09

.01

− .1

− .02

.11

Authoritarian

Children’s view

  Mother

.18

.09

.13

.11

− .14

  Father

− .01

.13

− .03

.2

.06

  Parents

.13

.15

.08

.13

− .03

Parents’ view

  Parents

− .03

.005

− .07

.02

− .07

  Mother

− .09

− .08

− .01

− .05

− .16

  Father

.07

.1

− .11

.1

.08

  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01