Instruction in emotional intelligence skills significantly improved locus of control scores of junior secondary students from pre-test to post-test¶

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q2 i? Students exposed to emotional intelligence skills instruction recorded significantly higher post-test locus of control scores than pre-test (t=23.98, p=.000). → Yunusa Umaru & Abdulwahid Umma 2015

Evidence¶

Yunusa Umaru & Abdulwahid Umma 2015¶

Yunusa Umaru & Abdulwahid Umma. (2015). Effect of Instruction in Emotional Intelligence Skills on Locus of Control and Academic Self-Efficacy among Junior Secondary School Students in Niger State, Nigeria. Journal of Education and Practice, Vol.6, No.18. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1079778

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Quasi-experimental pre-test–post-test study with 20 experimental and 20 control students. The t-test on locus of control scale scores yielded t=23.98, p=.000, and the null hypothesis was rejected in favour of the treatment group; experimental means rose from 24.80 to 46.35.

"Table 5 above, reveals that (t= 23.98, P= .000). Th ose exposed to Emotional Intelligence skills record ed greater improvement on locus of control than those in control groups."

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