INFLUENCE OF AGE AND GENDER ON THE EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN

Abstract

In this paper the authors deal with the emotional adaptation of children in primary schools. The aims of this research were to determine the emotional adaptation of children in primary schools, and to determine the influence of gender and age of children in primary school and their emotional adaptation since it has a special importance during the whole school period. The research study included a total of 105 respondents. Male respondents were 54, and women 51. Subjects were divided into three age groups. In the first age group the subjects included were 6-9 years old, and in the other one they were aged 9-12, and the third age group respondents were aged 12-15. Test results on emotional adjustment between male and female children were compared to T-test, which included independent samples. The influence of age on the emotional adjustment of children was studied and completed as a one factor analysis of variance (ANOVA). However, such research has not been carried out in Bosnia and Herzegovina yet, and the aut- hors hope that this study will initiate other similar studies in order to come to a new actual scientific knowledge.