%0 Journal Article
%T Emotional intelligence and academic achievement of school children.
%A Satish Kumar Kalhotra
%J Review of Research
%D 2012
%I 
%X In this research paper researcher tried to find out whether there is a relationship between emotional intelligence and academic achievement of school children who have not yet reached the adolescent age. The sample for the study consisted of 240 children (120 boys and 120 girls) of class 5th having age range 10-11 years from various schools of Jammu city (East). High and low achiever (60 boys and 60 girls in each) were differentiated based on their percentage in the last two consecutive examination results. In this study it is found that positive correlation between emotional intelligence & academic achievement of school children in all the four areas. It also seems that those children who have high emotional intelligence will also be high academic achievers. Girls are emotionally intelligent than boys. It may help them in perceiving assimilating, understanding and managing of emotions than boys
%K Emotional intelligence
%K Academic achievement.
%U http://www.reviewofresearch.net/PublishArticles/86.pdf