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A CORRELATION BETWEEN INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT, EMOTIONAL QUOTIENT, AND ADVERSITY QUOTIENT WITH BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS IN ADOLESCENTS

Volume: 93  ,  Issue: 1 , January    Published Date: 18 January 2022
Publisher Name: IJRP
Views: 367  ,  Download: 414 , Pages: 67 - 74    
DOI: 10.47119/IJRP100931120222758

Authors

# Author Name
1 Rini Nahdarina
2 Nining Febriyana
3 Atika
4 Rachmad Suhanda

Abstract

Objective: Adolescents both low intellectual and emotional intelligence, will have a high risk of undergoing behavioral problems. The number of studies related to the correlation between intelligence (IQ and EQ) and behavioral problems is still categorized as limited. Even, to date, there is no study discussing one of the intelligence types, namely AQ, and behavioral problems in adolescents. This study aimed at analyzing the relationship of IQ, EQ, and AQ with adolescents' behavior at Marsudi Putra Social House, Surabaya. Method: This study was conducted at Marsudi Putra Technical Implementation Unit of Social Protection and Rehabilitation, Surabaya, from January 2020 to May 2021. The research design was cross-sectional design by involving 60 adolescents as the sample. The instruments were a demographic characteristic questionnaire, an SDQ questionnaire, an IQ questionnaire, an EQ questionnaire, and an AQ questionnaire. Result: The majority of the adolescents had a normal IQ level with an average total of EQ score of 130.78 ?19.41, and no adolescent was found to have a low AQ score. The behavioral problem frequently experienced by the respondents was borderline (most adolescents had a behavioral problem to be managed correctly). Conclusion: This study shows that there is no correlation between IQ and AQ with the adolescents' behavioral problems at Marsudi Putra Technical Implementation Unit of Social Protection and Rehabilitation, Surabaya. However, the adolescent behavioral problems are influenced by the adolescents? EQ.

Keywords

  • Intelligence Quotient
  • Emotional Quotient
  • Adversity Quotient
  • Behavioral Problems