This topic in general and particularly in Pakistani society differs on basis of our culture, traditional, religious norms and family environment and parenting styles. Pakistan is an Islamic country with massive Muslim population. As a matter of fact Islam is a complete code of conduct, however, the path of righteousness is not related to religious traditions and obligations only, rather righteousness is to be observed in every aspect of life.
In the modern world, education is getting widened and there is a cut-throat competition among students to excel. Students feel difficult to control their emotions in order to face various situations in school life. It is imperative to manage the stress and strain to keep pace with the demands of the world. The way of managing emotions is crucial for better performance. Even after they got into the field they desire, their academic achievement is not at all adequate. Success in academics can be predicted more by emotional measures. Parent and teachers focus always on academic performance through nurturing intelligence and they give tiniest importance to their emotions. Emotions of a student can affect him in many ways. Intelligence may help students in acquiring subject knowledge but only emotional intelligence can enrich their learning proficiency and make them efficient as well as achievers.
Method
It is a descriptive study in which emotional intelligence scores of students were taken as dependent variable and parents’ level of education was taken as independent variable. All the IX /X level students of high schools (both the govt. and private) constituted the population of the study. For selection of sample, two schools are selected and 240 students (120 male and 120 Female) are selected through convenient sampling. Survey method was adopted.
Two questionnaires used were Trait emotional intelligence questionnaire (TEIQUE-SF) and Demographic information sheet
Results
The data is analysed to the hypothesis of the present study by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS23).
Discussion
In this study, we noted a significant positive relationship between emotional Intelligence of HSS students and their parent’s educational level which further validate the hypothesis and is accepted at the level of significance p≤. .001 as proved from the past researches and literature review (Goleman 1995).
The second hypothesis showed significant positive relation stated that there is a difference between male and female high school students in their emotional intelligence (table 4).Female students scored low EQ as compared to male students at the age of 14-15 except for few at the level of p≤ .005.
The third hypothesis which verified the relationship of socio-economic status with EQ also indicated positive relationship at the level of p≤. .005that further indicates that socio-economic status play some role in improving EQ in the absence of effective parenting or parents’ education .
It was found that those students, who had educated parents, got higher scores on emotional intelligence test, as higher education level is responsible for bringing good prospects, and liberal attitudes .Respondents’ scores increased with increase in the level of education of mothers which means educated mother equip their children with more emotional skills as they are more aware of the better principles. Mothers play a strong role in social structure because they raise children to fill future community positions. Thus, mothers are given a special status in the home and abroad.
