Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Exam Anxiety of Higher Secondary Students

Year 2019, Volume: 3 Issue: 6, 97 - 108, 17.08.2019

Marriyam Ahmad Fakhra Azız

https://doi.org/10.31458/iejes.543549

Cited By: 2

Abstract

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.

Keywords

Emotional intelligence, exam anxiety, secondary students

Thanks

First of all, I humbly thank Allah Almighty, who gave me thought and belief, health and fitness and cooperative people to help me out for this thesis, which enabled me to achieve this goal. All the praises for The Holy Prophet (Peace be Upon Him), the City of knowledge. I would also like to thank my parents for their prayers; they were always supporting me and encouraging me with their best wishes. I owe my deepest gratitude to my teacher, advisor and source of inspiration; Dr. Fakhra Aziz; from the formative stages of this report to the final draft, her sound advice and careful guidance was invaluable. I am also grateful to my friend Nida Nadeem and my family who helped me and support me during my thesis work. I hope my humble effort would serve the mankind at its best.

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