Relationship Between Perceived Parenting Style and Emotional Regulation Ability Among Indian Young Adults

Abstract

Early human development is important for psychological and psychosocial growth. Parental practices include parents’ behaviors and communication patterns with their children, which have short- and long-term effects on their children’s social functioning in areas such as morality, social development, psychological development, peer play, and academic achievement. This study aims to assess the relationship between perceived parental style and emotional regulation abilities among Indian young adults. Following purposive sampling, data was collected from two hundred and fifteen young adults in India. The findings show cognitive reappraisal and emotional regulation have a significant positive relationship with permissive and authoritative parenting. Cognitive appraisal shares no significant relationship with authoritarian parenting. Excessive suppression did not share a significant relationship with any of the parental styles.