[Effectively link the identity of the ego and emotional intelligence in a sample of adolescent girls [talented - ordinary] in Mecca]

ABSTRACT

This study was conducted to examine the relationship among ego-identity, self-efficacy, and emotional intelligence in a sample of 49 Gifted female students who were candidate to enriching program by The Center OF Gifted Students in Makkah, and a control sample of 55 normal female students selected randomly from first grade in high school students in the second semester 1425/1426. The researcher has applied Ego - identity questionnaire [Mursi 2001], Self-Efficacy scale [Al-Adl 2001] and, Emotional Intelligence Scale [Ghonaim 2001]. In order to analyze data, the researcher used Person Correlation Coefficient and t test to find out the relationship between the variables, and the differences between gifted and normal students in the same variables. Result showed there are positive significant correlations among students' scores of ego-identity, self-efficacy and emotional intelligence. There is a significant difference between the mean scores of self-efficacy and emotional intelligence in favor of the gifted