The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between child?s emotional intelligence and stress according to child?s sex. The subjects for this study were 380 children of 5-6th grade selected from elementary schools in Busan. Kwak?s quest...
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between child?s emotional intelligence and stress according to child?s sex. The subjects for this study were 380 children of 5-6th grade selected from elementary schools in Busan. Kwak?s questionnaires(1994) on child?s emotional intelligence and Han, Mi-Hyun?s questionnaires(1996) on child?s stress were used. Statistical techniques such as Manova, Pearson?s correlation, canonical were used.The results were as follows : (1) According to sex, there were significant differences in child?s emotional intelligence and stress. The girls showed higher emotional expression, emotional empathy, emotional control, and the friend-related stress than boys. The boys showed higher parent-related stress than girls. (2) There were significant negative correlations between child?s emotional intelligence and stress. The children who got higher emotion intelligence perceived lower stress. (3) Among five dimensions of emotional intelligence for boy, the effective variable was emotional utilization. And among six dimensions of stress, the effective variables were home-environment stress and school-related stress. Among five dimensions of emotional intelligence for girl, the effective variables were emotional expression and emotional recognition. And among six dimensions of stress, the effective variables were friend-related stress and parent-related stress.주제어(Key Words): 정서지능(emotional intelligence), 스트레스(stress)