Open AccessAssociations of Intellectual Ability with Emotional Intelligence, Academic Achievement and Aggression of Adolescents
Author(s) -
Mehwish Mursaleen,
Seema Munaf
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of basic and applied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1927-5129
DOI - 10.6000/1927-5129.2016.12.53
Subject(s) - emotional intelligence , psychology , aggression , academic achievement , developmental psychology , test (biology) , intelligence quotient , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , cognition , psychiatry , paleontology , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
Purpose: The current study examined the relationship of intellectual ability with emotional intelligence, academic achievement, and aggression of adolescents.Methods: Correlational design was utilized to study the relationship between these variables. Adolescent students (N=500, 50% boys & 50% girls, with the mean age of 15.01 years & SD of 1.11) were approached from different private schools and colleges of Karachi. To measure their intellectual ability, emotional intelligence, and aggression, Draw-A-Person Intellectual Ability Test for children, adolescents, and adults (DAP: IQ), Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS), and Aggression Questionnaire-Short Form (AQ-12) were administered. Their academic achievement was assessed through their percentage of most recent examination. Pearson product moment correlation coefficient was utilized to analyse the results.Results: Intellectual ability was significantly positively related with emotional intelligence and its domains i.e. Self-Emotional Appraisal, Others’ Emotional Appraisal, Use of Emotions, and Regulation of Emotions (p