Relationship between parenting styles and socio-emotional skills in childhood: Documented review

Abstract

Knowing which of the parenting styles favors the development of different socio-emotional skills was the objective of this document. A bibliographic research was carried out in order to identify the theoretical advances around the subject of parenting styles, socio-emotional skills and the relationship between these variables. Results: It was found that the democratic style is the one that allows greater development of socio-emotional skills due to the assertive communication that exists in the family, compliance with the rules and the expression of emotions. The permissive style allows the development of a good level of self-esteem but hinders the development of social skills. The authoritarian exhibits behaviors of low self-esteem, low affectivity, while the negligent shows unstable behaviors in their relationships and has been associated with depression and emotional immaturity.