Can I Succeed as an Adolescent Mother? Examining the Role of Emotional Intelligence in Predicting Self-Efficacy, Academic Achievement, and School Attendance

The purpose of this study was to explore the role of emotional intelligence in predicting parenting self-efficacy, academic self-efficacy, academic achievement, and school attendance among a sample of adolescent mothers. A battery of instruments was administered to a sample of 108 high school students who were enrolled in the Employment Leading to Education and Career Training (ELECT) Program. The students ranged from 16- to 21-years of age and were enrolled between the 10th and 12th grade. Emotional intelligence was assessed with the Bar-On Emotional Quotient: Short Version (EQ-i:S), and self-efficacy variables were measured with the Self-Efficacy for Learning Form-Abridged (SELF-A) and the Parenting Sense of Competence Scale (PSOC). Moderate and significant correlations were found between emotional intelligence and both parenting and academic self-efficacy measures. Despite a positive relationship with academic self-efficacy, emotional intelligence was not found to correlate with student achievement or school attendance, with the exception of Social Studies achievement. The investigation of length of time parenting revealed no relations with parenting self-efficacy beliefs or school outcome variables such as grade point averages or attendance. Results also indicated that the level of involvement from the child's father did not correlate with this sample of adolescent mothers' perception of parenting satisfaction. However, parenting satisfaction and school achievement were negatively correlated with their satisfaction with available social support networks.

Grantor dc:publisher

Temple University. Libraries

Year dc:date.issued

2009

Author dc:creator

• Lui, Mung Mei

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• DuCette, Joseph P.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Farley, Frank
• Rosenfeld, Joseph G.
• Rotheram-Fuller, Erin
• Fullard, William

• Psychology, General
• Education, Educational Psychology
• Academic Achievement
• Adolescent Mothers
• Emotional Intelligence
• Self-efficacy
• Teen Mothers

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eng

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864884605

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oai:scholarshare.temple.edu:20.500.12613/1782