The Prediction of Emotional Intelligence from Students’ Personality Traits
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This research aimed to predict the emotional intelligence of students based on their personality traits. This descriptive- survey study was performed on 204 female high school students who were selected through cluster random sampling. Data were collected using the NEO Personality Inventory (NEO) and Schutt Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS). Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, parsons’ correlation coefficient and regression. Findings of this research indicated that personality traits of extroversion, agreeableness, openness to experience and conscientiousness had significantly positive relationship with emotional intelligence. However, there was no significant relationship between personality traits variable of neuroticism and emotional intelligence. Regression analysis revealed that extroversion, openness to experience and conscientiousness were positive and significant predictors of emotional intelligence and the Beta calculated for conscientiousness variable was higher than all the other personality traits variables meaning that the personality trait of conscientiousness had the strongest effect on the student’s emotionalintelligence.
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