Western Kentucky University
Investigating Emotional Intelligence and Social Skills in Home Schooled Students
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>Jennifer Howard. Adkins April 12, 2004 51 pages Directed by: Dr. William Pfohl, Dr. Antony Norman, and Dr. Reagan Brown Department of Psychology Western Kentucky University In the United States today there are approximately 1.5 million students being home schooled. With this ever growing number, it is important to examine this unique population in order to determine the effects this alternative form of education will have on these students, not just academically, but in other areas as well. The purpose of this study is to examine the concepts of emotional intelligence and social skills in home schooled students. One hundred home schooled students and their parents participated in this study by completing emotional intelligence and social skills questionnaires. Results of the study support the hypotheses that the home schooled students would have higher levels of social skills and lower scores on the problem behaviors scale than the standardization population. In regards to emotional intelligence, differences were found among the elementary and secondary grade levels of the home schooled children. Home schooled elementary students achieved higher scores than the standardization population on two of the seven areas measured. No significant differences were found in the other areas. Home schooled secondary students achieved higher scores than did the standardization population on four of the seven areas measured. No significant differences were found in the other areas.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Specialist in Education
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Department of Psychology
- Year
- 2004
Author and committee
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- Adkins, Jennifer Howard
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Dr. William Pfohl (Director); Dr. Reagan Brown; Dr. Antony Norman
Subjects
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dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1109
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:digitalcommons.wku.edu:theses-2112