An emotional intelligence relationship with academic achievement: An Islamic secondary school student context

Nor Aizal Akmal Binti Rohaizad; Siti Nazilah Binti Mat Ali; Eswaran A/L Letchumanan; Maimunah Binti Awang Majid; Rozita Binti Muhammad Nawi; Radhiah Binti Ismail; Azlina Binti Mohd Kosnin; Aqeel Khan

doi:10.53730/ijhs.v6nS4.10805

Authors

Nor Aizal Akmal Binti Rohaizad Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)
Siti Nazilah Binti Mat Ali Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)
Eswaran A/L Letchumanan Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)
Maimunah Binti Awang Majid Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)
Rozita Binti Muhammad Nawi Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)
Radhiah Binti Ismail Center For Basic And Advanced Education, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)
Azlina Binti Mohd Kosnin Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
Aqeel Khan Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)

Keywords:

secondry school, emotional intelligent, academic achievement

Abstract

This study is about the investigation of Form One Islamic High School students emotional intelligence at Hulu Terengganu district in Malaysia. 364 Form One students was selected from 4 Islamic high school in the district to answer the questionaires. The data of frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation was run and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS version 20.0). Research outcome showed that the students’ emotional intelligence level is in the medium range, which interpersonal skill is the most dominant domain among the students. Its shows have a relationship between the emotional intelligence and the students’ academic achievement through the Pearson correlation analysis. But the relationship is not significant.

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