Hussain, Hira First Place Winner for College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
Professor: Dr. Renata Nero
ABSTRACT:
The purpose of this study is to identify the role that parental involvement plays in children’s emotional intelligence during the early years of development. This study will survey if there is a relationship between emotional intelligence and age, gender and parental involvement. Research shows that there is a relationship between parenting and emotional intelligence (Liau, A. K., Liau, A. W. L., Teoh, & Liau, M. T. L., 2003). The more parents and children participate in parent-child joint activities, the less likely the child will have emotional and behavioral problems (Galboda-Liyanage, Scott, & Prince, 2003). This study will fill the gap that exists in the literature around this topic for a Muslim population. A correlational design will be used, and participants were selected through convenience sampling. The number of participants was 111 Muslim children from an early childhood education center, aged 3 to 6. The measures were a demographic questionnaire, the Parental Involvement Scale, and the Social-Emotional Questionnaire for Children-Parent/Guardian Version. It was hypothesized that:
1. There would be a positive correlation between the amount of time parents spend with their children and the child’s emotional intelligence
2. There would be a significant correlation between the child’s gender and the amount of time parents spend with their child
3. There would be a positive correlation between the child’s gender and the child’s emotional intelligence
4. There would be a significant correlation between the child’s age and the amount of time parents spend with their child
5. There would be a significant positive correlation between the child’s age and the child’s emotional intelligence.
The Spearman rho statistic will be used to analyze the data.
