The Contribution of Emotional Intelligence to the Social and Academic Success of Gifted Adolescents.The purpose of this study was to determine if the emotional intelligence of gifted adolescents contributes significantly to their social and academic success, and specifically if emotional intelligence was of importance above and beyond traditional psychometric psy·cho·met·rics n. (used with a sing. verb) The branch of psychology that deals with the design, administration, and interpretation of quantitative tests for the measurement of psychological variables such as intelligence, aptitude, and intelligence (IQ). The claims of Goleman (1995), who argued that emotional intelligence is critical to our understanding of human success and is often more important than IQ, were tested. A group of 39 adolescents (mean age = 16 years, 6 months) who were enrolled in a residential high school for gifted youth participated. The Adolescent Multifactor Emotional Intelligence Scale (AMEIS), an unpublished instrument developed and described by Mayer, Salovey, and Caruso (1996), and the Test of Cognitive Skills (2nd ed.; CTB CTB Council Tax Benefit (UK) CTB Coopération Technique Belge (French: Belgian Technical Cooperation) CTB Commonwealth Transportation Board (Virginia Department of Transportation) Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, 1993) were utilized to assess overall levels of emotional intelligence and IQ, respectively. The Behavior Assessment System for Children--Self-Report--Adolescent Version (Reynolds & Kamphaus, 1992) was used to measure two components of social success: interpersonal relations and social stress. Academic success was determined by student grade point average. The results of hierarchical multiple regression Multiple regression The estimated relationship between a dependent variable and more than one explanatory variable. analyses revealed that emotional intelligence did not contribute significantly to the social and academic success of these gifted adolescents. These results suggest that Goleman's argument about the significance of emotional intelligence may be overstated o·ver·state tr.v. o·ver·stat·ed, o·ver·stat·ing, o·ver·states To state in exaggerated terms. See Synonyms at exaggerate. o . However, future research will need to address the clear need for improved measurement of the variables studied; emotional intelligence in particular. Larger samples that include gifted students from more common educational settings may also help clarify the importance of emotional intelligence in this population. REFERENCES Goleman, D. (1995). Emotional intelligence. New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of : Bantam Bantam Former city and sultanate, Java. It was located at the western end of Java between the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean. In the early 16th century it became a powerful Muslim sultanate, which extended its control over parts of Sumatra and Borneo. Books. Mayer, J. D., Salovey, P., & Caruso, D. R. (1996). Adolescent Multifactor Emotional Intelligence Scale--Student Version (AMEIS). Unpublished instrument, University of New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). . Reynolds, C. R., & Kamphaus, R. W. (1992). Behavior assessment system for children. Circle Pines, MN: American Guidance Services. Test of Cognitive Skills (2nd ed.): Manual. (1993). Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. : CTB Macmillan/McGraw Hill. Scott Allan Woitaszewski (2000), Ball State University Scott Woitaszewski, Ph.D., is a graduate of the School Psychology program at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana Muncie (IPA: [ˈmʌn.si]) is a city in Delaware County in east central Indiana, best known as the home of Ball State University and the birthplace of the Ball Corporation. . He is now an assistant professor in the department of counseling and school psychology at the University of Wisconsin--River Falls where he teaches courses in childhood assessment, intervention strategies, and school consultation. His research interests include identifying resiliency factors in special education students and developing interventions that reflect these factors. E-mail: scott.woitaszewski@uwrf.edu |
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