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The Relationship Between Social and Emotional Intelligence in Children

Abstract

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The relationship between social and emotional intelligence was investigated. The study sample consisted of 31 females and 28 males who were between the ages of 9 and 12. The student participants completed the Social Skills Rating System-Student Form (SSRS), which assesses social competence, and the Emotional Quotient Inventory: Youth Version (EQ-i:YV), which measures emotional intelligence. Parents of the children also completed the Social Skills Rating System-Parent Form for comparison purposes. Both forms of the SSRS yielded statistically significant correlations with the EQ-i:YV. The results indicate that the instruments designed to assess emotional intelligence and social intelligence were highly related. The importance of the present findings is that they are a preliminary step in the discussion of social and emotional intelligence and their cultural importance.

Degree

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Education Specialist
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Department of Psychology
Year
2001

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Herring, Shannon

Subjects

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Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/663
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:digitalcommons.wku.edu:theses-1666

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citation

Herring, Shannon. The Relationship Between Social and Emotional Intelligence in Children. 2001. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/663