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The Relationship between Personality and Emotional Intelligence among
University Students
Nurul Syafiqah Binti Mohd Apandi
Supervisor: Dr. Raba’aton Adawiah @ Robiah bt. Mohd Yusof
Bachelor of Counseling
School of Social and Economic Development
The main purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between personality
and emotional intelligence among university students and to examine whether
significant differences exist between the level of emotional intelligence based on
gender. This study also aim to identify the dominant personality character based on
big five personality test. A total of 196 people from second year students School of
Social and Economic Development which consists of three programs, namely Bachelor
of Counseling, Bachelor of Economics (Natural Resources) and Bachelor of
Management (Policy and Social Environment) at Universiti Malaysia Terengganu will
be selected based on random sampling. Two instruments will be used: The Big Five
Inventory (BFI) to measure personality traits; and the Emotional Intelligence
Questionnaire to measure the level of emotional intelligence. The collected data will
be processed and analyzed with correlation test and the t test using the Statistical
Packages for Social Science (SPSS) software.
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