Linguistic Intelligence and Social Intelligence in Secondary School Students A Regression Analysis (Only Abstract)

Abstract

This study examines the influence of linguistic intelligence on social intelligence. Sample for the study includes 152 urban secondary school students (77 boys and 75 girls) from muslim minority community, of class IX of Vikas High School, Edi Bazar Hyderabad, Telangana, India. The data for measuring Social Intelligence is collected using Tromso Social Intelligence Scale (TSIS) developed by Silvera et al. (2001)1. Linguistic Intelligence is measured using the GPA score of the students in the latest formative evaluation of languages (Hindi, Telugu and English).SPSS Ver.23 is used to measure the regression coefficient and squared regression coefficient. The correlation coefficient between linguistic and social intelligences is r=0.507 (sig. at α=0.01). The simple linear regression coefficient of the two variables is R=0.507(p=0.000) and adj. squared regression coefficient R²=0.252(p=0.000).The role of gender is found to be strong on both the variables and hence partial correlation is conducted blocking the influence on gender on them. The partial correlation coefficient is r_12.3=0.387 (p=0.000). In the light of these evidences, there is a highly statistically significant, positive in nature and strong in magnitude relationship of linguistic intelligence and social intelligence in school students of VIIIth and IXth standards. Girls from muslim community are found to be more linguistically and socially intelligent than boys with point biserial correlation coefficients between gender and linguistic intelligence being r=0.705 (sig. at α=0.01) and between gender and social intelligence being r=0.355 (sig. at α=0.01), respectively. The Educational implications are discussed in the light of the findings of Sacher committee report.