중학교 과학영재 학생과 일반학생의 리더십 특성, 정서지능 비교 및 정서지능이 리더십에 미치는 영향

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to compare the leadership characteristics and emotional intelligence between scientifically gifted middle school students and general students and to investigate the emotional intelligence`s effects on leadership characteristics. For this study, 150 scientifically gifted middle school students and 130 general students were participated. The results obtained from this study were as follows. First, the total score of leadership characteristic and sub-domains of leadership characteristic showed significant difference. The leadership characteristic of the gifted students turned out to be significantly higher than that of general students. Investigating gender difference, it showed that the score of girls significantly higher than that of boys in some sub-domain both gifted and general students. Second, the total score of emotional intelligence and sub-domains of emotional intelligence showed significant difference. There were significant differences between the two groups in `thinking-acceleration ability by emotion` and `ability of utilizing emotional knowledge`. Investigating gender difference, it showed that the score of girls significantly higher than that of boys in some sub-domain both gifted and general students. Third, it proved to be significantly positive correlation between leadership characteristic and emotional intelligence of gifted middle school students. Forth, the gifted students` emotional intelligence affected leadership characteristic significantly by multiple regression analysis.