A Comparative Study to Evaluate Emotional Quotient of School Age Children according to Urban, Suburban and Rural Area in Lam-pang Province

Abstract

In the present, school age children live in a competitive world, both learning and social. Some children do not have enough love and understanding from their families. Someone have stress about learning, unhappy and can’t live happily with others. This descriptive study aimed to test and evaluate the Emotional Quotient (EQ) of school age children in Lam-pang Province. Three hundred and sixty-six children were selected by purposive sampling. The data were collected by use of questionnaires based on Thai Emotional Intelligence Screening Tests for ages 6 to 11 from the Mental Health Department, Ministry of Public Health. The data were analyzed and presented in term of descriptive statistics and one way ANOVA. The results revealed that first 40.3% of the WQ score among school age children in Lam-pang should be improved where as the average WQ score is 45.6 with standard deviation of 8.3. Secondly, the EQ score of the school age children according to urban, sub-urban, and rural areas were 47.5%, 40.0% and 38.9% respectively, indicating the need for farther improvement The urban, sub-urban, and rural school age children’s EQ needs to be promoted and maintained according to 3 components as follows : 30.3%, 31.4% and 28.1% of good, intelligence and happy. Finally the sub-urban school age children have an average EQ score different from urban and rual with statistical significant at 0.05. There fore, school age children need to be encouraged to develop creative programs with EQ and intelligence.