EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION AMONG ADOLESCENTS: A RELATIONSHIP STUDY
Keywords:
Emotional intelligence, Academic achievement motivationAbstract
The present paper is an attempt to examine relationship between emotional intelligence and academic achievement motivation. It also studies the emotional intelligence of students with high, average and low academic achievement motivation. Sample for the study includes 105 students (48 boys and 57 girls) of class XII of Patna. The data were analyzed with the help of product moment coefficients of correlation. The findings of the study reveal positive relationship between emotional intelligence and academic achievement motivation. The study also reveals that students with high, average and low academic achievement motivation differ from one another on emotional intelligence.
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