Abstract

• This study investigated the relationship among emotional intelligence, parent assistance and academic achievement of high school students in Mawlamyine Township. The participants ranged in age between 15 and 18 years. Quantitative approach was used in this study. Students‟ emotional intelligence was examined by using questionnaire survey method. In this study, three levels of emotional intelligence were measured with a modified Myanmar Version of Emotional Intelligence Scale (SEIRS) questionnaire developed by (Schuttle, Haggerty, Cooper, Golden & Domheim, 1998). It includes 33 items in which each item is rated with a five-point likert scale. Questionnaire for students is comprised with two sections; student‟s personal data are in section A and the items of high school students‟ emotional intelligence are in section B. Questionnaire for parents include three sections. A total number of 500 students (235 male and 265 female students) and their respective parents participated in this study. The required sample was selected by using random sampling technique. The overall results showed that most of grade ten students fell into moderate emotional intelligence level group. The results showed that the participants would be classified into three groups: low emotional intelligence group (19%), moderate emotional intelligence group (65%), and high emotional intelligence group (16%). Data analysis involved the use of confirmatory factor analyses, descriptive and inferential statistics. After conducting factor analysis, six factors: positive affect, non verbal emotions, emotional management, happy emotions, emotion others and own emotions for SEIRS was only validated. Furthermore, there were only 25 items left for emotional intelligence.