Investigating the relationship between educational systems, individual characteristics, and specific dimensions of emotional intelligence in Romanian students

Abstract

This research analyzes emotional intelligence through a comparative study of two educational systems. On one hand, the Romanian private, confessional educational system, and on the other hand, the private distance learning educational system. The latter educational system is regulated in the United States of America, and the study examines Romanian students enrolled in such a system and studying from within Romania. The research reveals positive correlations between distance learning and high scores on the emotional intelligence test in the dimension of emotionality, well-being, sociability, and self-control, and at the same time, positive correlations between grade level and the dimension of sociability, as well as between the male gender and the dimension of sociability. Positive correlations were found between female gender and sociability and well-being.

Keywords

• Distance learning
• emotional intelligence
• types of education
• Romanian educational system