The Effect of Parenting Attitudes Perceived by Elementary School Students on Resilience: The Mediating Effects of Emotional Intelligence

This study aimed to examine the mediating effect of emotional intelligence in the relationship between elementary school students' perceived parenting attitudes and their resilience. As interest in children's psychological resilience and emotional competence has grown recently, this study explored how parenting attitudes influence emotional intelligence and, in turn, affect resilience. Data were collected from 350 fifth- and sixth-grade students in Busan, South Korea, using standardized scales for parenting attitudes, emotional intelligence, and resilience. The data were analyzed using SPSS 22.0 and PROCESS Macro 4.2 (Model 4) to test the mediating model. The results indicated that positive parenting attitudes had a significant positive effect on both emotional intelligence and resilience, with emotional intelligence partially mediating this relationship. Negative parenting attitudes also negatively affected emotional intelligence and resilience, and their indirect effect on resilience through emotional intelligence was statistically significant. These findings suggest that emotional intelligence functions as a key psychological mechanism linking parenting attitudes and resilience, offering theoretical and practical implications for parent education, emotional education programs, and psychological counseling interventions.