Emotion Regulation, Parenting Style, and Satisfaction with Life in Adult

Abstract

The present study is an attempt to see the relationship between Parenting style, Emotion Regulation, and Satisfaction with Life in young adults. We wonder why our children act the way they do, but we often overlook the fact that our parenting style has an impact on their behaviour. When children are young, they are susceptible and impressionable. This is the point at which their behaviours will be determined. Research has shown that Parenting style can be one of the many factors that can contribute to the Emotion regulation and satisfaction of life in an individual. A parenting style is a psychological term that encompasses a range of attitudes, behaviours, and approaches that parents employ when raising their children. Different parenting styles could be linked to different levels of life satisfaction. Research has shown that those who thought their parents were more authoritative reported higher life satisfaction, while those who thought their parents were more authoritarian reported lower life satisfaction, and the use of harsh discipline by parents has been linked to negative mental health outcomes in a child's emotional development and ability to learn functional strategies to regulate inner affects and emotions. The relationship was investigated in this study through an online, and offline survey which asked about parenting styles they had experienced as children and levels of life satisfaction and Emotion regulation in 150 respondents were selected for the research through the purposive sampling technique. A correlation was conducted to determine if there is a relationship between Parenting style, Emotion Regulation, and Satisfaction with Life The results show that there is a significant relationship between parenting style and life satisfaction and emotion regulation among young adults.