Purpose
This descriptive study aimed to identify the factors affecting adolescents’ emotional intelligence during the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.
Methods
We utilized the 4th-year data from the 2018 Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey, which comprise 1,852 adolescents living with both parents. The determinants of adolescents’ emotional intelligence were analyzed through stepwise multiple regression, considering parental, family, and school factors.
Results
Parental factors, such as parents’ grit and emotional intelligence, were found to enhance adolescents’ emotional intelligence. Family factors, including parents’ positive parenting attitude and the average time spent with parents, also significantly enhance adolescents’ emotional intelligence. School factors, such as the number of remote class days during the previous semester, influenced adolescents’ emotional intelligence.
Conclusion
Parental and family factors enhanced emotional intelligence, whereas school factors, particularly remote learning, negatively impacted it. The model explained 67.5% of variance, with parents' emotional intelligence being the strongest predictor. Interventions should prioritize enhancing parental emotional competence and maintaining meaningful parent-child interactions, especially during educational disruptions.

Purpose
The aim of this study was to identify the status of psychological health among boys in high school and to examine the mediating effects of social support on the relationship between anger and entrapment on psychological health.
Methods
The participants in this study were 193 high school boys from Jeju. Measurements included state-trait anger expression inventory, entrapment scale, student social support scale, and questionnaires to assess mental and physical health. Data were analyzed using independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffé test, Pearson correlation coefficient, simple and multiple regression techniques with the SPSS 21.0. Mediation analysis was performed with the Baron and Kenny’s method, and Sobel test.
Results
Mean scores for anger experience, entrapment, social support, and psychological health were 29.81±7.34, 34.09±16.33, 45.75±7.02, 22.51±9.91, respectively. There was a significant correlation between anger experience and psychological health. Entrapment was significantly correlated with psychological health. Social support showed partial mediating effects in the relationship between anger experience and psychological health (Sobel test: Z=54.18. p<.001). Social support showed partial mediating effects in the relationship between entrapment and psychological health (Sobel test: Z=2.24. p=.025).
Conclusion
The results indicate a need to develop social support programs for boys in high school.

Citations

• The Relationship between Academic Stress and Suicidal Ideation among Middle-school Students: The Moderated Mediating Effects of Entrapment and Emotional Support from Peers
  Hayoung Youn, Ju Hee Park
  Family and Environment Research.2022; 60(3): 345.     CrossRef