Parenting Styles and Emotional Intelligence on Motivation and Mental Health of Adolescents

Adolescence is the challenging stage of life during which the vital foundation is laid for optimum development of an individual personality. Growth and development of adolescents is marked by mental, physical, and psychological changes that are deeply affected by the family environment in manifold and enduring ways. Emotional intelligence plays an indispensable role in determining life success of an individual and is identified as a highly beneficial factor in education, work, and mental health. The role of parenting styles and emotionalintelligence are found to play an essential part in adolescent's achievement motivation as well as their mental health. Hence the present study focus on the impact of parenting styles and emotional intelligence on achievement motivation and mental health of adolescents. The participants comprised of 1042 adolescents selected randomly from different districts of Kerala state.