Abstract:

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between the emotional intelligence levels of high school students and their social appearance anxiety levels. A total of 566 high school students, 124 (21.9%) male and 442 (78.1%) female, participated in the study voluntarily. Data were collected using the personal information form, the Emotional Intelligence Scale adapted to Turkish by Kayıhan and Arslan (2011), and the Adolescent Social Appearance Anxiety Scale adapted to Turkish by Doğan (2011). This research is a survey research designed in the descriptive research model, which is one of the quantitative research designs. In addition to numbers, percentages, minimum and maximum values, mean and standard deviations in data analysis, t-test and analysis of variance in independent groups in comparison of paired groups; Pearson correlation analysis was used to analyze the relationship between variables. As a result of the research, significant differences were found in the emotional facilitation and emotional regulation levels of emotional intelligence total score and sub-dimensions in line with the place of education variable. It was found that the difference between the emotional intelligence total score and its sub-dimensions was statistically significant in line with the variables of family relations and parental attitude evaluation. Social appearance anxiety levels of adolescents are statistically significant according to the place of education, gender, class, evaluation of family relations and parental attitude. At the same time, no statistically significant relationship was found between emotional recognition/understanding sub-dimension score and social appearance anxiety scale scores in adolescents. A statistically significant, negative and low-level relationship was found between emotional facilitation sub-dimension, emotional regulation sub-dimension and emotional intelligence scale total scores and adolescents' social appearance anxiety scale scores.

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