Specific learning disorder and its relationship to emotional intelligence among primary school students

Abstract

The aim of the current research is to identify:

1. Acute learning disorder among primary school students.
2. Differences in the specific learning disorder according to the variables (sex – age)

3.Emotional intelligence among primary school students.

1. 4. Differences in emotional intelligence according to the variables (gender – age)

5.The relationship between a specific learning disorder and emotional intelligence.

 The first research tool, which is the Specific Learning Disorder Scale, consisted of (15 items) distributed over three domains, with (5 items) for each domain.

 The second research tool, which is the emotional intelligence scale, consisted of (24 items) distributed in four domains, with (6 items) for each domain, and after extracting the psychometric characteristics of the two scales, they were applied to primary school students in Baghdad for the academic year 2022-2023.

The results, after conducting the statistical operations, showed the following:

1.There are statistically significant differences in the specific learning disorder among primary school students in Baghdad.

2.There are statistically significant differences in the specific learning disorder according to the gender variable in favor of males.

And there are statistically significant differences in the learning disorder identified according to the age variable in favor of the age of (12) years.

1. There are no statistically significant differences in emotional intelligence among primary school students in Baghdad.

4.There are statistically significant differences in emotional intelligence according to the gender variable in favor of males.

There were no statistically significant differences in emotional intelligence according to the age variable.

5.There is an inverse correlation between specific learning disorder and emotional intelligence.

The current research came out with a number of recommendations and proposals.

Keywords:Specific learning disorder, turmoil,emotional intelligence.