EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND SCHOOL RESULTS OF TEENAGERS
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND SCHOOL RESULTS OF TEENAGERS
Author(s): Adela Cîndea MăgăţSubject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Editura Universității Aurel Vlaicu
Summary/Abstract: This study proposes to identify a relation between the school results on one hand and the emotional intelligence on the other hand and revealing the possible differences between male teenagers, respectively female teenagers regarding the level of emotional intelligence. As methodology, the Test for emotional intelligence (version for children) was applied, and the school results of students were quantified in the average grade at the semester’s end. The subject’s lot is formed of teenagers, students in schools within the Counties of Timiş, Caraş, Mehedinţi, Gorj and Hunedoara. The obtained results reveal the existence of a positive correlation, statistically considerable, between the school results of students and their emotional intelligence. At the same time, we observe major statistic differences at the level of emotional intelligence between teenagers of female and male gender.
Journal: Educația Plus
- Issue Year: XI/2014
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 53-59
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English