Emotional Intelligence of Secondary School Students: A Study of Gender Differences

Abstract

The present study investigated the disparity in emotional intelligence between female and male teenagers at secondary schools in Islamabad. The study sample consisted of three hundred students (N = 300). They were distributed in two groups: male students (N = 157) and female students (N = 140). The Bar on Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-I) with a Cronbach’s Alpha of.827 was used to collect data on students' emotional intelligence levels. In contrast, the demographic sheet was used to collect data about the gender of the students. A total of 258 (female = 123 and male = 135; 86%) responses were received. Statistical analysis reveals that females have a higher emotional quotient than their male counterparts do (t = 2.97, p<003).