SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE: CORRELATIONAL ANALYSIS AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT

Apsara; P. A; Arjunan; N. K

Volume : VIII, Issue : IX, September - 2019

SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE: CORRELATIONAL ANALYSIS AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT

Apsara, P. A, Arjunan, N. K

Abstract :

The study aims to explore the association between emotional intelligence and social intelligence of secondary school students and how the relationship varies as a function of the level of their academic achievement. Standardized psychometric instruments such as Emotional Intelligence Scale for Secondary School Students and Social Intelligence Test for Secondary School Students were administered on a stratified random sample of 628 secondary school students in the age range 13–16, selected from Thrissur district of Kerala state (India) to collect the data. Analysis exposed the presence of significant differences in both emotional intelligence and social intelligence as a function of the level of academic achievement of the learner. Though emotional intelligence and social intelligence are significantly and positively correlated, the degree of association between the variables decreases with increasing levels of academic achievement of the students.