A STUDY ON INTERACTIVE RELATIONSHIP AMONG GENERAL INTELLIGENCE, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, AND SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS OF THRISSUR DISTRICT IN KERALA

The present study titled ‘A study on interactive relationship among General Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence and Spiritual Intelligence of secondary school students of Thrissur district in Kerala’. The purpose of this study are a) to study the extent of General Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence and Spiritual Intelligence of secondary school students, b) to study the extent of relationship among General Intelligence, and Emotional Intelligence when Spiritual Intelligence is kept constant, c) to study the extent of relationship among General Intelligence and Spiritual Intelligence, when Emotional Intelligence is kept constant, d) to study the extent of relationship among Emotional Intelligence and Spiritual Intelligence when General Intelligence is kept constant. A sample was 400 students of standard nine of Thrissur District by stratified random sampling method. A standardized test to measure the General Intelligence by Dr Ahuja, Emotional Intelligence scale developed by Anukool Hyde, and Spiritual Intelligence test constructed by researcher were used. The results of this study revealed that a) The General Intelligence and Spiritual Intelligence of students of standard nine of Thrissur district is average, b) Boys and Girls of standard nine of Thrissur district do not differ in their General Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence and Spiritual Intelligence, c) Urban school students of standard nine of Thrissur district are significantly higher in General Intelligence than that of Rural school students, d) Private school students of standard nine of Thrissur district is significantly higher in their General Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence as well as in Spiritual Intelligence than that of Government school students, e) The Emotional Intelligence of students of standard nine of Thrissur district is above average, f) Urban school students of standard nine of Thrissur district is significantly higher in Emotional Intelligence than that of Rural school students, g) There is a negative low relationship among General Intelligence and Emotional Intelligence of secondary school students of standard nine, h) There is a positive relationship among Emotional Intelligence and Spiritual Intelligence of secondary school students of standard nine of Thrissur district, i) There is a high positive “Total Quality Management in Education” College of Education, Srinivas University 83 relationship among General Intelligence and Spiritual Intelligence of secondary school students of standard nine of Thrissur district.Key words: General Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, Spiritual Intelligence, Secondary students, Locality, type of school