Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Exam Anxiety of Higher Secondary Students

  • AHMAD M
  • AZIZ F
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The present descriptive study probed into correlation of emotional intelligence and exam anxiety of secondary school students by measuring existing levels of both variables.  All higher secondary school students comprised the population of the study.  By using random and purposive sampling technique, Four hundred students from 4 colleges located in two towns of Lahore city were selected.  Two instruments the Rotterdam Emotional Intelligence Scale and Westside Test Anxiety were adopted to collect data. Data of all respondents were entered to the grid sheet of SPSS version 22. Descriptive statistics, t-test, Spearmen’s correlation and multiple regression were applied to find out the results. Majority of students possessed high level of emotional intelligence.  Further girls students found to be more emotionally intelligent as compare to boys.The present descriptive study probed into correlation of emotional intelligence and exam anxiety of secondary school students by measuring existing levels of both variables.  All higher secondary school students comprised the population of the study.  By using random and purposive sampling technique, Four hundred students from 4 colleges located in two towns of Lahore city were selected.  Two instruments the Rotterdam Emotional Intelligence Scale and Westside Test Anxiety were adopted to collect data. Data of all respondents were entered to the grid sheet of SPSS version 22. Descriptive statistics, t-test, Spearmen’s correlation and multiple regression were applied to find out the results. Majority of students possessed high level of emotional intelligence.  Further girls students found to be more emotionally intelligent as compare to boys.

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AHMAD, M., & AZIZ, F. (2019). Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Exam Anxiety of Higher Secondary Students. International E-Journal of Educational Studies, 3(6), 97–108. https://doi.org/10.31458/iejes.543549

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