Twenty-eighth International Conference on Learning

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between gender and emotional intelligence. The researcher investigated whether gender had any significant relationship with four components of emotional intelligence (emotional awareness, emotional management, social emotional awareness, and relationship managements). The study found there was no significant differences between male and male students in emotional intelligence. The investigator also discovered that on relationship management component of emotional intelligence, the male significantly scored higher than female students. On three other components of emotional, female and male students were not significantly different. The researcher administered 40-item emotional intelligence survey to 52 male and 72 female students.