A study on cognitive flexibility, emotional intelligence and coping strategies

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine if there is a relationship between cognitive flexibility, emotional intelligence and coping strategies in high school students. 460 high school students participated in the study. In the cognitive flexibility scale of high school students, there was a difference according to the variables of department type and sports branch. For the emotional intelligence scale, there was a difference in gender, fitness status, school type and department type. On the scale of coping strategies, there was a difference in sports branch. As a result, it has been concluded that there is a positive and significant relationship between cognitive flexibility and emotional intelligence of high school students at the excellent level, and as their cognitive flexibility scores increase, their emotional intelligence becomes more positive, and there is a negative and non-significant relationship between coping strategies, cognitive flexibility and emotional intelligence.