Abstract
The aim of the present study was to examine relationship between
emotional intelligence and academic achievement of the adolescents as
well as to explore gender differences in emotional intelligence and the
academic scores. It was hypothesized that: 1) there would be a positive
relationship between emotional intelligence and academic scores of
adolescents; 2) there would be gender differences in mean academic
scores and emotional intelligence. Participants included 188 adolescents
of secondary school students recruited from different schools of Karachi,
Pakistan. Emotional Quotient Inventory Youth Version (EQ-i:YV, BarOn
& Parker, 2000) was used to assess EQ and percentages of all subjects of
most recent examination were used for academic performance.
Significant positive correlation was found between emotional intelligence
and academic scores of adolescents for combined sample as well as for
separate samples of males and females. Further analysis revealed
significant gender differences in academic scores, however no significant
gender differences were found in Emotional Intelligence. Thus its
implications are that emotional competence in children should be
enhanced which in turn may enhance their academic performance.
Farheen Nasir, Seema Munaf. (2011) Emotional Intelligence and Academics of Adolescents: A Correlational and Gender Comparative Study, Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 21, Issue 2.
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