Emotional intelligence of Malaysian university students using non-parametric approach

The purposes of present study are to investigate the level of emotional intelligence among university students, identify the significant differences of emotional intelligence with demographic background and measure the relationship of emotional intelligence with academic performance. Non-parametric...

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Main Authors: Mohd Razali, Siti Noor Asyikin, Tan, Pei Chy, Khamis, Azme
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UNIMAP) 2018
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Online Access:http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3849/1/AJ%202018%20%28368%29.pdf
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author Mohd Razali, Siti Noor Asyikin
Tan, Pei Chy
Khamis, Azme
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Khamis, Azme
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description The purposes of present study are to investigate the level of emotional intelligence among university students, identify the significant differences of emotional intelligence with demographic background and measure the relationship of emotional intelligence with academic performance. Non-parametric methods which are Mann-Whitney test, Kruskal-Wallis test and Spearman Correlation test were used to analyze 400 data from eight different faculties. Results found that the level of emotional intelligence among university students is at average or above level. The different of age, ethnic, faculty, hometown location and family income have significant difference in emotional intelligence. Besides that, there are strong positive relationship between emotional intelligence and academic performance among university students.
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spelling uthm.eprints-38492021-11-22T04:17:54Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3849/ Emotional intelligence of Malaysian university students using non-parametric approach Mohd Razali, Siti Noor Asyikin Tan, Pei Chy Khamis, Azme BF Psychology The purposes of present study are to investigate the level of emotional intelligence among university students, identify the significant differences of emotional intelligence with demographic background and measure the relationship of emotional intelligence with academic performance. Non-parametric methods which are Mann-Whitney test, Kruskal-Wallis test and Spearman Correlation test were used to analyze 400 data from eight different faculties. Results found that the level of emotional intelligence among university students is at average or above level. The different of age, ethnic, faculty, hometown location and family income have significant difference in emotional intelligence. Besides that, there are strong positive relationship between emotional intelligence and academic performance among university students. Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UNIMAP) 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3849/1/AJ%202018%20%28368%29.pdf Mohd Razali, Siti Noor Asyikin and Tan, Pei Chy and Khamis, Azme (2018) Emotional intelligence of Malaysian university students using non-parametric approach. Applied Mathematics and Computational Intelligence, 7 (1). pp. 105-112. ISSN 2289-1323
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Mohd Razali, Siti Noor Asyikin
Tan, Pei Chy
Khamis, Azme
Emotional intelligence of Malaysian university students using non-parametric approach
title Emotional intelligence of Malaysian university students using non-parametric approach
title_full Emotional intelligence of Malaysian university students using non-parametric approach
title_fullStr Emotional intelligence of Malaysian university students using non-parametric approach
title_full_unstemmed Emotional intelligence of Malaysian university students using non-parametric approach
title_short Emotional intelligence of Malaysian university students using non-parametric approach
title_sort emotional intelligence of malaysian university students using non parametric approach
topic BF Psychology
url http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3849/1/AJ%202018%20%28368%29.pdf
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