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The Relationship between Self-Esteem, Achievement Motivation and Emotional Intelligence for a Sample of Blind and Non-Blind Children
Auther : Mosaad Nagah Abu El Dyiar…
Study Aims: to describe the nature of the relationship between self-esteem, achievement motivation, and emotional intelligence, as well as to identify the differences between the blind and non-blind children in the variables of the study.
Methodology and procedures: The study sample consisted of (80) children: (40 blind), the mean of age of the blind was (10,68 + 0.72 years); and (40 non-blind), the mean of age of the non-blind was (10.85 + 0.661 years). The study tools consisted of tests of emotional intelligence, achievement motivation, and self-esteem.
Results: The results revealed the existence of statistically significant differences between the blind and the non-blind in social relations, organizing-sympathizing with others, favoring the blind but the differences of the non-blind in organizing emotions, Self awareness, feeling and attention, motives organizing, self motives, and total score were not their favor it was noted that these estimated statistical differences between the non-blind and the blind in achievement motivation and self-esteem favored the non blind. It was evident that both achievement motivation and self esteem were real predictors of emotional intelligence with the non-blind. As for the blind child, it was only achievement motivation that could predict emotional intelligence.
Keywords: Self-esteem, Achievement Motivation, Emotional intelligence, Blind.