International Journal of Education and Social Science (IJESS)

This study aimed at identifying the emotional intelligence's dimensions in relation to age and gender variables among kindergarten gifted children.The sample of the study consisted of (50) gifted children; of which (24) were males and (26) were females. The sample was chosen out of (787) children in Irbid city of Jordon using stratified random sample. 15 Children were 4- < 5 years age and 35 were 5 - 6 years age. The participants were chosen in two stages: the first stage 63 children were chosen depends on teachers' nomination where the behavioral characteristics rating scale for gifted was used which the researcher develops. While, in the second stage Stanford Bient IQ Test was applied, and about (50) high achievers who scored more than 120 of the IQ test were chosen. Emotional Intelligence Scale for gifted children and Mann –Whitney Test were usedto achieve the goals of this study. The results revealed that there are statistically significant differences in favor of female on the emotional intelligence dimensions on the level (α < 0.05), emotional management, social skills and emotional intelligence in general. Results also revealed that there are statistically significant differences in favor of children whose ages (5-6 years) on the level (α < 0.05) for gender variable on faces and motivation domains, while the differences did not appear in the other dimensions.