The Relationship between Bullying and Emotional intelligence of the Pupils in Silang Central School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

In Silang Central School, one of their problems, according to their guidance counselor, is the continuously increasing cases of bullying in their community, especially in the intermediate level. In some cases, children who do the bullying use it as their emotional release. They sometimes cannot control themselves when they feel irritated, annoyed orangry. Bullies release their emotional baggage by hurting others. Emotional intelligence is about understanding, communicating about, and regulating feelings or emotions. It is believed to help address the issue on bullying because according to Brackett and Rivers (2014), emotional intelligence will help prevent children from resorting to pushing, picking on, or hurting peers, interpreted as bullying, as an emotional release. With this matter in mind, the researchers wanted to know if bullying is related to emotional intelligence. More specifically, they would like to know if the bullying experiences of the pupils in their research locale have something to do with the level of their emotional intelligence.

METHODS

The study utilized correlational research to determine the relationship between bullying and emotional intelligence. Correlational research involves collecting data in order to determine the degree to which a relationship exists between two or more variables. The respondents of the study were 61 Grades 4, 5, and 6 pupils who were victims of bullying in Silang Central School. The researcher used purposive sampling because they were looking for specific respondents who were victims of bullying.

RESULTS

The computed value of Chi-square is 2.594 which is lower than the tabular value of 9.488 which reveals that there is no significant relationship between the bullying and emotional intelligence of the pupils in Silang Central School. This means that bullying experiences do not affect the emotional intelligence of the respondents.

DISCUSSIONS

The result is affirmed by the study of Vogel (2006) which revealed that intrapersonal scale does not relate significantly to bullying or victimization. Interpersonal scale is significantly related to the bullies' score but not to the victims' scores. Stress management scale is negatively correlated with all the bully/victimization measures except peer-nominated victim. Adaptability does not correlate with being a victim or a bully. The Total EQ scales came out as significantly negative in relation to both bullies and victims.