EFFECT OF PARENTING STYLES ON PRE-SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN’S EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE OF TK ( KINDEGARTEN) MUSLIMAT NU 1 TUBAN

Abstract

In recent years many people increasingly violates the norms, harms others, and not  able to respect others. These behaviors are indication that they do not have emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is the ability to manage and control emotions. Emotional intelligence is needed to achieve success in all walks of life which is full of challenges. This ability should be instilled in children from an early age to be firmly entrenched and animate the child's behavior. The family is the smallest social group, first and foremost where the child learns anything, through habituation and modeling. Parenting style is the responsibility of the family, as it can affect in shaping the child's behavior. The problem is whether parenting can have an effect on the emotional intelligence of pre-age school children and what kind of parenting can influence the emotional intelligence of pre-age school children in kindergarten of NU I Tuban. The study aims to describe the influence of parenting styles to emotional intelligence of pre-age school children and to describe which kind of parenting can be more affecting on  emotional intelligence of pre-school age children of TK NU I Tuban. The type of this research is quantitative, with the total population of 67 students. The researcher determined 40 students as sample by purposive sampling. This research uses data collection method including questionnaire that measure  parenting style, and emotional intelligence of pre-school age children as well as observation, interviews, and documentation. Analysis of statistical data using multiple linear regression SPSS program. The result of this research is F count> F table (33,144> 2,641) and significance <0,05 (0,000 <0,05), it means that  emotional intelligence of pre-school age children can be influenced together by four kinds of parenting style ( X1, X2, X3, X4). Y '= 51,959 + 0.016X1 + 0,199X2 + 0,184X3 + 0,293X4. It reveals that the most influence between four parenting styles is parenting style of emotion coach (X4).

Keywords: Parenting Style, Emotional Intelligence

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/10-2-13