Philippine E-Journals

Mental Health and Emotional Intelligence of Senior High School Students: a Correlational Study

Angel Adajar | Kimberly Mae Malenab | Aaliyah Chocolate Bairoy | Elysa Marie Rivera | Donna Daguay

Discipline: Education

 

Abstract:

This study investigates the relationship between mental health and emotional intelligence among senior high school students in a public school. Thus, the study employed a correlational design to measure the relationship between mental health and emotional intelligence among 152 Grade 12 senior high school students in a public school. Hence, to measure the study’s variables - Mental Health Inventory and Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS) were utilized. Based on the inferential statistics, the r coefficient of 0.32 indicates a low positive correlation between the variables and a p-value of 0.00, indicating a significant relationship between the respondents' mental health and emotional intelligence. Implications and recommendations were discussed in the study.