The Role of Emotional Intelligence to Teacher Perception of Student-Teacher Relationship

Abstract

The Role of Emotional Intelligence to Teacher Perception of Student-Teacher Relationship. A positive relationship between teachers and students is affected by many factors. Teacher competency in evaluate emotion of oneself and others, and regulating their emotion will have impact on their perception of relationship with students. Based on previous studies, the study on how teacher’s emotional intelligence relates to teacher-student relationships has not received much attention. Objectives: This study aims to investigate the relationship between teacher emotional intelligence and teacher perception regarding their relationship with students. Methods: This study uses a cross-sectional design with simple linear regression analysis was used to measure the effect of emotional intelligence to teacher-student relationships. Teacher emotional intelligence was measured using Schutte’s Emotional Intelligence Scale (SEIS), while student-teacher relationship was measured using Student-Teacher Relationship Scale (STRS). Findings: Linear regression analysis from 1420 participants showed that there is significant effect of teacher emotional intelligence to student-teacher relationship. Conclusion: The implication of this research is developing and maintaining teacher emotional intelligence is importance because have impact in their relationship with students. Keywords: emotional intelligence, teacher-student relationship, teacher emotion, teacher and student. Abstrak: Peran Kecerdasan Emosional terhadap Persepsi Guru mengenai Hubungan Siswa-Guru. Hubungan positif antara guru dan siswa dipengaruhi oleh banyak faktor. Kompetensi guru dalam menilai emosi diri sendiri dan orang lain, serta mengatur emosinya akan berdampak pada persepsinya terhadap hubungan dengan siswa. Berdasarkan studi sebelumnya, studi tentang bagaimana kecerdasan emosional guru berhubungan dengan hubungan guru-siswa belum banyak mendapat perhatian. Tujuan: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menyelidiki hubungan antara kecerdasan emosional guru dan persepsi guru tentang hubungannya dengan siswa. Metode: Penelitian ini menggunakan desain cross-sectional dengan analisis regresi linier sederhana yang digunakan untuk mengukur pengaruh kecerdasan emosional terhadap hubungan guru-siswa. Kecerdasan emosional guru diukur menggunakan Skala Kecerdasan Emosional Schutte (SEIS), sedangkan hubungan siswa-guru diukur menggunakan Skala Hubungan Siswa-Guru (STRS). Temuan: Analisis regresi linier dari 1420 peserta menunjukkan bahwa ada pengaruh signifikan kecerdasan emosional guru terhadap hubungan siswa-guru. Kesimpulan: Implikasi dari penelitian ini adalah pentingnya mengembangkan dan memelihara kecerdasan emosional guru karena berdampak pada hubungannya dengan siswa. Kata kunci: kecerdasan emosional, hubungan guru-siswa, emosi guru, guru dan siswa. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23960/jpp.v13.i2.202350