Correlations of Multiple Intelligences and Emotional Intelligence: A Closer Analysis of Theoretical Assumptions

Correlations of Multiple Intelligences and Emotional Intelligence: A Closer Analysis of Theoretical Assumptions

This study examined the relationship between the seven variables of Gardner's (1983) theory of Multiple Intelligences and the four components of the Emotional Intelligence construct (Goleman, 1995; Salovey & Mayer, 1990). Three hundred sixty upper primary school students in Singapore (ages range between 10 to 11 years old) completed the Teele Inventory of Multiple Intelligences (Teele, 1995) and the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test-Youth Research Version (Mayer, Salovey & Caruso, 2002). Several interesting findings from the research highlighted the correlates of Multiple Intelligences and Emotional Intelligence. Namely, a negative correlation was found between interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligence; logical/mathematical intelligence is negatively correlated with interpersonal intelligence; and that no relationship was found between a student's interpersonal intelligence and their total emotional intelligence quotient.