The moderating role of family ecological factors (family size) on the relationships between family environment and emotional intelligence

While a huge of literature indicates that family environment influence emotional intelligence, the family size as one of the important determinants which buffers this effect received little empirical attention. The current study investigated the moderating role of family size on the relationships be...

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Main Authors: Naghavi, Fataneh, Redzuan, Ma'rof
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Marsland Press 2012
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22713/1/The%20moderating%20role%20of%20family%20ecological%20factors.pdf
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description While a huge of literature indicates that family environment influence emotional intelligence, the family size as one of the important determinants which buffers this effect received little empirical attention. The current study investigated the moderating role of family size on the relationships between family environment and emotional intelligence among 234 early adolescents (girls and boys) in grades 2 and 3 of guidance schools of Tehran, Iran. Data were collected using the Emotional Quotient Inventory Youth Version (Bar- on EQ-i; YV, 2000) and the Moos and Moos Family Environment Scale. Results revealed that family environment fostered emotional intelligence in their early adolescents. Furthermore, the findings demonstrated that family size moderated the relationship between family environment and emotional intelligence. Specifically, early adolescents tended to indicate more emotional intelligence at higher levels of family environment when family have fewer members. These findings underscore the need for continued focus on the role of family size when assessing the links between family environment and early adolescent’s emotional intelligence. Researchers have demonstrated that in family functioning related to early adolescents’ emotions, family and their characters such as family size is very important in the lives at early adolescence.
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spelling upm.eprints-227132015-12-10T02:02:38Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22713/ The moderating role of family ecological factors (family size) on the relationships between family environment and emotional intelligence Naghavi, Fataneh Redzuan, Ma'rof While a huge of literature indicates that family environment influence emotional intelligence, the family size as one of the important determinants which buffers this effect received little empirical attention. The current study investigated the moderating role of family size on the relationships between family environment and emotional intelligence among 234 early adolescents (girls and boys) in grades 2 and 3 of guidance schools of Tehran, Iran. Data were collected using the Emotional Quotient Inventory Youth Version (Bar- on EQ-i; YV, 2000) and the Moos and Moos Family Environment Scale. Results revealed that family environment fostered emotional intelligence in their early adolescents. Furthermore, the findings demonstrated that family size moderated the relationship between family environment and emotional intelligence. Specifically, early adolescents tended to indicate more emotional intelligence at higher levels of family environment when family have fewer members. These findings underscore the need for continued focus on the role of family size when assessing the links between family environment and early adolescent’s emotional intelligence. Researchers have demonstrated that in family functioning related to early adolescents’ emotions, family and their characters such as family size is very important in the lives at early adolescence. Marsland Press 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22713/1/The%20moderating%20role%20of%20family%20ecological%20factors.pdf Naghavi, Fataneh and Redzuan, Ma'rof (2012) The moderating role of family ecological factors (family size) on the relationships between family environment and emotional intelligence. Journal of American Science, 8 (6). pp. 32-37. ISSN 1545-1003; ESSN: 2375-7264 http://www.jofamericanscience.org/journals/am-sci/am0806/004_9077am0806_32_37.pdf
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title_short The moderating role of family ecological factors (family size) on the relationships between family environment and emotional intelligence
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