الاستمتاع بالحياة و علاقته بالذكاء الوجداني لدى المراهقات اليتيمات بمدينة الرياض

الملخص EN

The current study aimed to reveal the relationship between enjoyment of life and the emotional intelligence amongst the orphaned female teenagers in Riyadh city.

the researcher in this study had realized on the comparative descriptive approach.

the sample comprised of (303) female teenagers who are studying at the intermediate & secondary school level who lost one of the parent.

the sample was purposely & intentionally selected.

the researcher had used life enjoyment Scale developed by Abdel-A'l & Mazloum (2013G) and the Emotional intelligence scale developed by Rasha Al-Didi (2005G).

the results showed : there was a positive relationship of statistical significance at (0,01) between the total degree of enjoying life and all dimensions of the emotional intelligence scale and the total degree amongst female orphaned teenagers in Riyadh city ; there were differences of statistical significance among the teenagers within all life enjoyment dimensions and the total degree in term of age (15 years or less, 16 years or above).

the differences were in favor of teenagers who have more age (16 years or above).

also, there were differences of statistical significance among those teenagers within all life enjoyment dimensions and the total degree in term of educational level (intermediate, secondary), as the differences were in favor of the female teenagers (who were studying at the secondary level) ; there were no statistically significant differences among female orphaned teenagers within all life enjoyment dimensions and the total degree in term of orphanage type (death of father / death of mother).

besides, there were no statistically significant differences among female orphaned teenagers within all life enjoyment dimensions and the total degree according to monthly income of the family (less than 5000 SR, 5000-10000 SR, more than 10000 SR) ; there was statistically significant impact at average (0,01) that the emotional intelligence variable had contributed in predicting enjoyment of life among individuals.