Emotionally competent individuals are able to resume focus within a matter of minutes or days, while an individual who
lacks emotional competence may require days or even years to fully recover after a major disappointment or tragedy.
«Authoritarian» parenting, characterized by high control and low warmth, is associated with a
lack of social
competence and self - esteem, aggressiveness, and poor academic achievement; «permissive» parenting, characterized by high warmth and low control, is associated with impulsive, aggressive behavior, and substance use problems; and «disengaged» (sometimes called «neglectful») parenting, in which both warmth and control are low, is associated with impulsivity, behavioral and
emotional problems, school dropout, substance use, and delinquency.10, 11
Children's behavioural and
emotional problems may also be exacerbated by negative parental feelings such as hostility (Brannigan, Gemmell et al. 2002); and both poor adjustment and low school achievement have been linked to parents» own perceived
lack of
competence (Coleman and Karraker 2003; Jones and Prinz 2005).