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 International Journal of Latest Technology in Engineering, Management & Applied Science (IJLTEMAS)
Volume IX, Issue V, May 2020 | ISSN 2278-2540

Impact of Socio Economic Status of Parents’ on the

Emotional Intelligence of Generation Alpha Kids
Dr. A. Chitra
Independent Researcher, Tamilnadu, India

Abstract:- Decade earlier, cognitive intelligence is considered as emotions, to discriminate among them and use this
the significant method for estimating the knowledge of an information to guide one’s thinking and action”. By building
individual, later specialists found that individuals with same up their emotional intelligence individuals can turn out to be
degree of cognitive intelligence are not getting a similar level of increasingly beneficial and they become progressively fruitful
success in life and it is found cognitive intelligence is not enough
at what they do, and help other people become progressively
to make progress throughout everyday life (Parker et al., 2004),
attention is given on emotional intelligence as people consider it profitable and effective as well. And it permits human to think
as imperative factor shaping the success in life. Generation more innovatively and to utilize their feelings to take care of
Alpha or Gen I (born after 2010) is the youngest generation and issues.
their intelligence and emotional intelligence is going to be the
determinant of the nations’ future, and we need to analyze the
Numerous explores have done to demonstrate the
ways to improve the emotional intelligence of this generation. connection among SES and cognitive intelligence and it has
Several researches have done to examine the variables impacting been proven that the SES of parent’s especially educational
emotional intelligence, aim of the present study is to analyze, how qualification of mother has more noteworthy impact on
the socio economic status of the parents’ influences the emotional cognitive intelligence of the kids(Smith et al.,1997)
intelligence of generation alpha kids. Generation Alpha has anticipated to have more exposure to
Keywords; Socio Economic Status, Emotional Intelligence, electronic gadgets, even before understanding what it is. They
Generation Alpha have more interactions with machines than human, as their
parents have better SES and affordability to offer electronic
I. INTRODUCTION gadgets, Gen Alpha has fewer chances for being with others
than their earlier generation. It is already proven that people
A lready researches has proven the connection between
living condition and the monthly income of the parents’
and the intelligence quotient of kids (Ghazi et al., 2012) as we
from nuclear family system and people who has constrained
opportunities to connect with others has less emotional
know the importance of emotional intelligence now studies intelligence as they don’t have much chances to be with others
are emerging to inspect how the socio economic status of (Erkman & Kourkoutas, 2011). So this study is carried out to
parents’ impelling the emotional intelligence of the kids. examine whether the SES of the parents of Gen Alpha has
Socio Economic Status (SES) alludes to an individual’s status effect on their emotional intelligence or not.
in society, and this impacts individual’s experience since II. REVIEW OF LITERATURE
childhood to adult (Hackman et al., 2010). It is additionally a
significant factor deciding the wellbeing, nutritional status, As indicated by the researchers by the age of three,
mortality of the individual. According to Udai Pareekh’s children are capable of perceiving and understanding various
Socioeconomic Scale, Socio-economic Status is assessed with emotions by focusing on nonverbal nods and facing feelings,
the Caste, Occupation, Education, Land, Social Participation, similar to bliss, sadness, and fear (Elksnin & Elksnin, 2003)
House, Farm power, Material possessions, and Family but in reality, many children do not enter school with adequate
members (Rabbanie Tariq Wani 2019). Concerning the skills to interact with others, and it depends on their
emotional state of adolescents, Goleman (1995), stated that opportunities to be with others. Teachers are doing impressive
“there is a world-wide trend for the present generation to be role in identifying the behavior of the kids rather than parents.
more troubled emotionally than the last; more lonely and (Poulou, 2005).
depressed; more angry and unruly; more impulsive and angry (Nasir & Iqbal, 2015) has already proven the
and more nervous and prone to worry.” So it is essential to influence of Demographic variables in predicting emotional
consider the conduct of the present age intelligence and it is the most constructive factor for the
Rational thinking empowers human to comprehend development of emotional competencies. The significant
things with reason and cause, whereas emotions bolster them reason for the emotional inability and the inability to interact
to understand circumstances, which makes them as real with others was the parent’s destitution, causing
human being. (Salovey & Mayer, 1990) and defined EI as an uncontrollable events impacts the emotions of
– “ability to monitor one’s own and others’ feelings and children(Webster-Stratton, Reid,2001& Hammond,2004) and

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it has been proven better environmental surroundings will Research Design

give better output. Even children reacting negatively for a
Udai Pareekh’s scale for measuring the socio economic scale
situation may also be because of social changes and changes
was used to collect data about the socio economic status of the
in family environment (Appleyard, et al., 2005) when a family
parents of Gen Alpha. During the parents teachers meeting
is impacted by poverty, they less likely to assist their children
Questionnaires were given to the parents and guidance was
in their problems because of their over stress, and they fail to
given to fill it. The Shuttle Emotional Intelligence Scale for
create protective boundaries for their kids, which may
Children was used to measure the emotional intelligence was
influence their emotional intelligence (Anthony, et al.,2005)
used to measure the emotional intelligence of Generation
It has been proven that Emotional Intelligence Alpha kids. Using cluster sampling technique 123 students of
enhances the performance of the students (Romanelli, et fourth standard of one Government school, one private school
al.,2006) and also makes people more productive (Carmeli & under State Board and one private school under Central Board
Josman, 2006) so it is important to give due consideration for (as there is no Government school in Salem following central
one’s emotional intelligence. As many researches has already board syllabus that is not considered) in Salem district was
proved that there is a strong relationship between SES of the considered as samples for this study.
parents and the adolescent behavior and emotional
Tools of Analysis
intelligence of their wards, this paper attempts to study the
emotional issues confronted by Gen Alpha due the SES of Appropriate statistical tools like percentage analysis, chi-
their parents square and correlation are applied to get a valid conclusion.
Statement of the Problem IV. ANALYSIS
Purpose of the study is to examine how the socio economic Socio economic status of the parents
status of the parents’ influences the emotional intelligence
According to Udai Pareek Scale respondent who got more
factors (Self-Awareness, Managing Emotions, Empathy,
than 40 score is considered to have very high socio economic
Motivating Self, Socialization) of the Gen Alpha kids.
status, score between 39-30 is considered to have high socio
Objectives economic status, between 29-20 is considered to have
moderate socio economic status between 19-10 is considered
 To study the socio economic status of the parents’ of
as low socio economic status and below 10 is considered as
Generation Alpha kids
very low socio economic status. From percentage analysis we
 To study the emotional intelligence of Generation came to know out of 120 respondents 5% of the parents are
Alpha kids belongs to very low socio economic status category, 4%
 To study the relationship between socio economic belongs to low socio economic status category 40% have
status of the parents’ and the emotional intelligence moderate socio economic status and 51% has high socio
of the kids. economic status. No one respondent belongs to very high
Hypotheses of the Study socio economic status category. So most of the parents’ of
generation alpha kids belongs to high socio economic status
For the purpose of present study, the under-mentioned category and very few only belong to very low socio
hypotheses have been framed and tested by applying economic status.
appropriate statistical tools.
Emotional Intelligence of Generation Alpha kids
There is no significant association and relationship between
socio economic status of the parents and the emotional Based on The Shuttle Emotional Intelligence Scale
intelligence of Gen Alpha kids. for Children Regarding emotional intelligence 2% of the
respondents strongly disagree about their emotional
III. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY intelligence 5% of the respondents are disagree about their
Data Source emotional intelligence, 15% are neither agree nor dis agree
78% are agree about their emotional intelligence.
This study is based on primary data
Socio Economic Status of parents’ and Emotional Intelligence
Data Collection of Generation Alpha kids.
Structured questionnaire consisting Udai Pareekh’s Socio Chi-
Economic Scale and The Shuttle Emotional Intelligence Scale Factor square P Value Result
for Children are used for collecting the primary data. value
Socio Economic Status of parents’
Significant
and Emotional Intelligence of 105.21 0.000
@ 1%
Generation Alpha kids

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