Socio-Economic Status As An Associate Of Emotional Competence Of Secondary School Students
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2023-02
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Indian Society for Health and Advanced Research
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The study aims to find out the association between socio-economic status (SES) of the family and emotional competence (EC) of secondary school students by taking the construct as a whole and in terms of of its component factors. The cross- sectional study collected data from a stratified random sample of 866 students from the secondary schools of Ernakulam and Thrissur districts (Kerala, India), representing the population of adolescents in the age range 13-15, studying in the secondary classes (Std. VIII to X) of schools affiliated to the Board of Public Examinations, Govt. of Kerala. Data were collected by administering the Emotional Competence Scale for Secondary School Pupils (Rekha & Salim Kumar, 2015) and the Socio-Economic Status Scale (Usha & Vijayan, 2014). Chi-square test of association was employed to analyse the data inferentially. The result revealed the presence of significant association between SES of the family and emotional competence in total and two of the constituent factors of EC, viz., self-awareness and relationship management
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Socio-economic status, Emotional competence, Self- awareness, Social-awareness, Relationship management and Self-management.
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R Rekha K., Salimkumar C.. Socio-Economic Status As An Associate Of Emotional Competence Of Secondary School Students. Paripex - Indian Journal Of Research. 2023 Feb; 12(2): 21-23