Self-Regulation and its Relationship to Social Intelligence among College of Education Female Students at Prince Sattam University

Ebtsam Saad Amin Hashem

doi:10.12973/eu-jer.10.2.865

Abstract

<p style="text-align:justify">The current study aimed to identify the level of self-regulation and social intelligence among students of the College of Education at Prince Sattam University in Wadi Al-Dawasir, and to reveal the relationship between self-regulation and social intelligence, as well as the possibility of predicting social intelligence through self-regulation. A sample consisting of (204) female students at the College of Education, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University in Wadi Ad-Dawasir participated in this study. The measurement instruments included two researcher-made scales of self-regulation and social intelligence, and the SPSS program was used for statistical treatments. Results revealed that female students of the College of Education in Wadi Ad-Dawasir, Prince Sattam University, have a high level of self-regulation as well as social intelligence, and that there is a statistically significant positive correlation between the scores of self-regulation and social intelligence among the study sample. In addition, it was found that social intelligence can be predicted through self-regulation. It is possible to benefit from the results of this study in directing university planning officials to the importance of transforming the self-regulation and social intelligence of students into a culture and systematic practice through courses, symposiums and workshops, or integrating them into academic courses.</p>

Highlights

University students in general and female students in particular play the main role in the process of societal development, as they represent the top of the learning pyramid, and after their graduation, they form cadres upon which economic, social, administrative and cultural development is definitely dependent
The current study aimed to identify the level of self-regulation and social intelligence among students of the College of Education at Prince Sattam University in Wadi Al-Dawasir, and to reveal the relationship between self-regulation and social intelligence, as well as the possibility of predicting social intelligence through self-regulation
Results revealed that female students of the College of Education in Wadi Ad-Dawasir, Prince Sattam University, have a high level of self-regulation as well as social intelligence, and that there is a statistically significant positive correlation between the scores of self-regulation and social intelligence among the study sample

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Introduction

University students in general and female students in particular play the main role in the process of societal development, as they represent the top of the learning pyramid, and after their graduation, they form cadres upon which economic, social, administrative and cultural development is definitely dependent. Education helps the individual to become independent, direct themselves, and deliver the correct performance. Self-regulation became one of the basic education goals. Self-regulation has a great value for individuals and plays a pivotal role in their lives, because it leads to higher achievement of the individual in the tasks that they perform, and leads to the acquisition of knowledge, social skills, and decision-making ability. It plays an important role in developing the ability to make judgments and to maintain independence, which leads to self-affirmation

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