Emotional Intelligence among Arab Community on Campus
by: Noor-Azniza Ishak
ABSTRACT:
Successful students in the higher education system have become the center of concern all over the world. Since emotional intelligence skills have been confirmed by many researchers of their powerful influence in general settings, Arab countries' educational systems have not yet implemented these skills to their educational systems. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify the level of emotional intelligence among Arab university students at University Utara Malaysia and the differences in demographic variables such as gender, age, and academic level for Arab students on Campus. Data obtained from a questionnaire and were distributed randomly to 200 students who represent the total population of Arab students. The emotional Intelligence Instrument was developed by Tapia (1998) and was used to measure the emotional intelligence of students. The results showed that the students have different levels of emotional intelligence, and females have higher emotional intelligence levels than males. ANOVA analysis found that the students scored moderate levels and students were significantly different in relation to age and academic level.
Keywords:
Intellectual intelligence
Emotional Intelligence
University
Students
