The Relationship between Social Intelligence and Self-Regulation among Sixth Grade Students in Tehran

intelligence and self-regulation among sixth grade students in District 4 in Tehran. This was descriptive –correlational study. The population consisted of all male and female sixth grade students in Tehran, district 4 in 2014-2015. Using stratified random sampling method, 368 students were selected as sample. The Tromso’s Social Intelligence Questionnaire with 21 questions and Pintrich and De Groot’s Self-regulation Questionnaire with 22 questions were used for collecting the data; using Cronbach s alpha coefficient, their reliability was determined to be 0.79 and 0.82, respectively. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive (central tendency and dispersion indices) and inferential (Pearson correlation, independent t test, and multivariate stepwise regression analysis) statistics. The findings showed that there was significant and positive correlation between social intelligence (p≤0.001), social information processing (p≤0.001), social skills (p≤0.005), and social awareness (p≤0.05) and self-regulation of students. Among the dimensions of social intelligence, the social information processing (beta coefficient= 1.326) could significantly predict the students self-regulation (p≤0.001). Also, the social intelligence of female students was significantly higher than male students (p≤0.05). However, there was no significant difference between male and female students in terms of self-regulation (p≥0.05).

Keywords:

Social Intelligence , Social Information Processing , Social Skills , Social Awareness , Self-regulation