Relación entre inteligencia emocional y estilos de crianza en madres y padres estudiantes con hijos en el aula de estimulación temprana y tutorías preescolares de la Universidad de Cuenca, en el periodo 2022-2023

Abstract

Emotional intelligence is important in people's lives, since it allows for the recognition of one's own emotions as well as those of others, and therefore, a better adaptation to the context. From this perspective, when a person becomes a parent, its presence is imperative, since an adequate emotional control strengthens the bond between parents and children. The present quantitative study with correlational scope, aimed to determine the relationship between emotional intelligence levels and parenting styles of mothers and fathers’ students with children in the Early Stimulation Classroom and Preschool Tutoring of the University of Cuenca during the period 2022- 2023. The participants were 32 adults between 18-35 years of age. Data collection was carried out using two instruments: the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS-S) Spanish version by Extremera et al., (1997) and the ENE-P: Scale of standards and demands version parents (Bersabé et al., 1999). The results indicated that there is a significant positive relationship between the study variables. Likewise, a high level of emotional intelligence predominates, as well as a democratic parenting style. There were no significant differences between age and marital status and parenting styles. It is concluded that parents, university students who fulfill a dual role, have a high level of emotional intelligence and execute an adequate parenting style to foster in their children both emotional strategies and social skills.