Doctoral School "Psychology and Educational Sciences", University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania.
Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Transilvania University, Brasov, Romania.
Front Public Health. 2023 Jul 4;11:1120994. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1120994. eCollection 2023.
The emotional intelligence of parents and parental competence become two premises of effective parenting. This study contributes to the understanding of how parents' emotional intelligence exerts its effect on both their parenting style and parenting competence. The present research also sought to identify the factors that determine the level of parental competence. The research method used is the questionnaire-based survey. The research sample, represented by 610 respondents, was determined by the sampling strategy based on convenience, respectively by the snowball method. The results indicated that the emotional intelligence of parents is associated with an increased level of parental competence (r = 0.24, < 0.001), and 15% of the variability of parental competence is determined by the level of parental emotional intelligence (R = 0.38, < 0.00, R = 0.15). It was demonstrated that 6% of the variability of parental competence is determined by the level of parents' self-esteem (R = 0.24, < 0.001, R = 0.06). The emotional intelligence and self-esteem of the parents contribute to the development of a high level of parental competence, while the level of education of the respondents according to this research partially influences the development of parental competence. Despite the fact that a high educational level of parents is assumed to give them access to quality information, the Barnum effect is experienced regardless of educational level. According to the field of parenting, the Barnum effect refers to consulting non-scientifically validated sources and trusting information that responds to parents' wishes, but not to children's educational needs.These results highlight the role of parents' emotional intelligence on the growth and education of children, but also the usefulness of training programs in the field of parenting with the aim of training parents in the necessary skills for effective parenting.
父母的情商和育儿能力是有效育儿的两个前提。本研究有助于理解父母的情商如何对他们的育儿方式和育儿能力产生影响。本研究还试图确定决定父母能力水平的因素。研究方法采用基于问卷的调查。研究样本由 610 名受访者组成，样本的确定是基于方便的抽样策略，分别采用滚雪球法。结果表明，父母的情商与育儿能力水平呈正相关（r=0.24，p<0.001），父母情商水平决定了育儿能力 15%的可变性（R=0.38，p<0.001，R=0.15）。研究表明，父母的自尊心水平决定了育儿能力可变性的 6%（R=0.24，p<0.001，R=0.06）。父母的情商和自尊心有助于培养高水平的育儿能力，而受访者的教育水平根据本研究部分影响育儿能力的发展。尽管人们认为父母的高教育水平使他们能够获得高质量的信息，但无论教育水平如何，都会经历巴纳姆效应。根据育儿领域，巴纳姆效应是指咨询未经科学验证的来源，并信任那些回应父母愿望而不是孩子教育需求的信息。这些结果突出了父母情商对孩子成长和教育的作用，同时也突出了育儿领域培训计划的有用性，旨在培养父母在有效育儿方面所需的技能。
