This investigation of developmental trends in children`s emotional intelligence used the Emotional Intelligence Rating Scale for Preschool Children(Kim, 1998) to study 973 children. Significant age differences were found in 5 factors: `utilization of...
This investigation of developmental trends in children`s emotional intelligence used the Emotional Intelligence Rating Scale for Preschool Children(Kim, 1998) to study 973 children. Significant age differences were found in 5 factors: `utilization of emotion`, `regulation of emotion`, `handling of relationship between child and teacher` and `handling of relationship with peers`. Children`s emotional intelligence scores increased with age in 3 factors: `utilization of emotion`, `empathy`, and `regulation of emotion`. Sex differences were found in 5 factors: `utilization of emotion`, `empathy`, `appraisal and expression of self emotion`, `regulation of emotion`, and `handling of relationship between child and teacher`. In all factors, the scores of girls were higher than chose the scores of boys.