Emotional Intelligence in Children of Christian Missionary Schools at Kolkata
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Emotional Intelligence, Missionary School, Faith-Oriented School setting, Gender Difference, Biblical Reflection.Abstract
The present study seeks to observe emotional intelligence (EI) among children from four Christian Missionary Schools in the Kolkata metropolitan area and stipulates the need to cultivate EI from the preparatory years of the children. 316 children were studied using a cross-sectional survey design. The results revealed the presence of a reasonably good amount of emotional intelligence where gender was associated with a statistically significant variation in EI scores. It also showed no association between parental education, choice of hobby, presence of sibling, family structure and locality of residence to one's own emotional intelligence. The results of the study recapitulate the effectiveness of the faith-oriented learning environment in the four missionary school settings for promotion of emotional intelligence among the children by developing selfcontrol, empathy and values-based decision making.
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2020-11-01
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Arockiasamy M.S. Seelvaraj, Bijoy Krishna Panda, & Muktipada Sinha. (2020). Emotional Intelligence in Children of Christian Missionary Schools at Kolkata. MIER Journal of Educational Studies Trends and Practices, 10(2), 267–277. https://doi.org/10.52634/mier/2020/v10/i2/1346
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Goleman, D. (1995). Emotional intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ. Bantam Books. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/emotionalintelligence-9780747528302/.
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Jaeger, A. J., Bresciani, M. J., & Ward, C. S. (2003). Predicting persistence and academic performance of first year students: An assessment of emotional intelligence and non-cognitive variables [M.A]. North Carolina State University.
Jaeger, A.J., & Eagan, M. K. (2007). Exploring the value of emotional intelligence: A means to improve academic performance. NASPA Journal, 44(3), 512–537.
Low, G. R., Lowmax, A., Jackson, M., & Nelson, D. (2004). Emotional Intelligence: A new student development model. National Conference of the American College Personnel Association.
Mavroveli, S., Petrides, K. V., Rieffe, C., & Bakker, F. (2007). Trait emotional intelligence, psychological well-being and peer-rated social competence in adolescence. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 25(2), 263–275. https://doi.org/10.1348/ 026151006X118577.
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Mikolajczak, M., Nelis, D., Hansenne, M., & Quoidbach, J. (2008). If you can regulate sadness, you can probably regulate shame: Associations between trait emotional intelligence, emotion regulation and coping efficiency across discrete emotions. Personality and Individual Differences, 44(6), 1356–1368. https://doi.org/10.1016 /j.paid. 2007.12.004.
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Petrides, K. V., Pita, R., & Kokkinaki, F. (2007). The location of trait emotional intelligence in personality factor space. British Journal of Psychology, 98(2), 273–289. https://doi.org/10.1348/000712606X120618.
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