Kecerdasan Emosi dalam Kalangan Remaja Malaysia (The Emotional Intelligence among Malaysian Youth)

This survey aims to describe the level of emotional intelligence (eq) amongst malaysian youth. a population of 16,668 youths who sat for the malaysian educators selection inventory (medsi) was chosen as respondent. their responses towards the eq components were analyzed descriptively using percentages, mean and standard deviations. results showed that overall eq of malaysian youths were at moderate level. the analysis of resilience and the relationship skills components, however,were at high-level while the respondents' emotional awareness and emotional expression levels were moderate. based on the findings, it is felt that more realistic actions in building and promoting eq among youths need to be taken due to the fact that eq plays important role on personality and performance