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Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic among Malaysian Adolescents: the Relationship between Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence

Adolescents are the future, yet they are faced with many challenges in navigating their life especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. This paper explores the potential of Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence to improve coping abilities of Malaysian Adolescents based on past studies findings and the...

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Main Authors: Noordin, Kamaliah, Abdallah, Ssekamanya Siraje
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Language:English
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Published: 2021
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spelling my.iium.irep.934632021-11-03T07:29:23Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/93463/ Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic among Malaysian Adolescents: the Relationship between Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence Noordin, Kamaliah Abdallah, Ssekamanya Siraje BF636 Applied psychology LB1050.9 Educational psychology Adolescents are the future, yet they are faced with many challenges in navigating their life especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. This paper explores the potential of Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence to improve coping abilities of Malaysian Adolescents based on past studies findings and the relevant theoretical underpinnings. A cross-sectional study was conducted to examine the nature of Malaysian adolescents Emotional Intelligence and Spiritual Intelligence during Covid-19 pandemic. A sample of 395 Form Four students were selected using the stratified random sampling method. Two survey questionnaires based on established scales were used to collect data. It was found that for Emotional Intelligence, the mean score was 3.81, while the minimum score was 2.55; the maximum score was 4.82, and the standard deviation was 0.40. Besides that, that 64.1% of the Malaysian adolescents have moderate level of emotional intelligence, 34.1% have a high level of emotional intelligence and 2.3% have low level of emotional intelligence. As for Spiritual Intelligence, mean score was 3.50, the minimum score was 2.15 and the maximum score was 4.92. Besides that, 66.3% have moderate level of spiritual intelligence, 17.9% have high level and 16.1% have low level. This study findings lend evidence to the state of Malaysian adolescents Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence during COVID 19 pandemic. Considering the important role Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence play in adolescents coping abilities during the pandemic, the results can help relevant authorities and parents to actually focus their efforts in developing the younger generation’s Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence. 2021-07-12 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/93463/1/93463_Coping%20with%20the%20COVID-19%20Pandemic%20among%20Malaysian%20Adolescents.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/93463/2/93463_Coping%20with%20the%20COVID-19%20Pandemic%20among%20Malaysian%20Adolescents_cert.pdf Noordin, Kamaliah and Abdallah, Ssekamanya Siraje (2021) Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic among Malaysian Adolescents: the Relationship between Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence. In: 2nd Academia Round Table International Forum (ARIF) 2021, Virtual. (Unpublished)
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LB1050.9 Educational psychology
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LB1050.9 Educational psychology
Noordin, Kamaliah
Abdallah, Ssekamanya Siraje
Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic among Malaysian Adolescents: the Relationship between Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence
description Adolescents are the future, yet they are faced with many challenges in navigating their life especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. This paper explores the potential of Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence to improve coping abilities of Malaysian Adolescents based on past studies findings and the relevant theoretical underpinnings. A cross-sectional study was conducted to examine the nature of Malaysian adolescents Emotional Intelligence and Spiritual Intelligence during Covid-19 pandemic. A sample of 395 Form Four students were selected using the stratified random sampling method. Two survey questionnaires based on established scales were used to collect data. It was found that for Emotional Intelligence, the mean score was 3.81, while the minimum score was 2.55; the maximum score was 4.82, and the standard deviation was 0.40. Besides that, that 64.1% of the Malaysian adolescents have moderate level of emotional intelligence, 34.1% have a high level of emotional intelligence and 2.3% have low level of emotional intelligence. As for Spiritual Intelligence, mean score was 3.50, the minimum score was 2.15 and the maximum score was 4.92. Besides that, 66.3% have moderate level of spiritual intelligence, 17.9% have high level and 16.1% have low level. This study findings lend evidence to the state of Malaysian adolescents Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence during COVID 19 pandemic. Considering the important role Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence play in adolescents coping abilities during the pandemic, the results can help relevant authorities and parents to actually focus their efforts in developing the younger generation’s Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence.
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author Noordin, Kamaliah
Abdallah, Ssekamanya Siraje
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title Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic among Malaysian Adolescents: the Relationship between Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence
title_short Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic among Malaysian Adolescents: the Relationship between Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence
title_full Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic among Malaysian Adolescents: the Relationship between Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence
title_fullStr Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic among Malaysian Adolescents: the Relationship between Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence
title_full_unstemmed Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic among Malaysian Adolescents: the Relationship between Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence
title_sort coping with the covid-19 pandemic among malaysian adolescents: the relationship between emotional and spiritual intelligence
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