Factor analysis of the relationship between emotional intelligence and anxiety in adolescents

the article analyzes the relationship between emotional intelligence and anxiety in adolescents, taking into account gender differences. 144 8th grade students participated in the study. Of these, 69 are boys and 75 are girls. The Nicholas Hall test was used to determine the level of emotional intelligence of adolescents. The identification of school, interpersonal and self-esteem anxiety in students was checked using the methodology "Anxiety scale" by R.S. Kondash. The B. Phillips test allowed us to assess the manifestation of anxiety associated with different experiences at school. The factor analysis of the psycho diagnostic results obtained with using the correlation coefficients matrix rotation by the verimax normalized method is carried out. It is shown that there are gender differences in the interrelationships of indicators of emotional intelligence and anxiety in boys and girls, which is reflected in the final percentage contribution to the overall result and to the factor loads. For example, it was revealed that emotion management and high self-motivation in the activities of boys in the studied group occur with a decrease in social stress. For girls, the higher the emotional awareness of the environment, the lower the indicators of fear of a knowledge-testing situation and experiencing social stress.

anxiety, emotional intelligence, adolescents, factor analysis