Interdisciplinar y Behavior and Social Sciences – Lumban Gaol (Ed.)
© 2015 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-02735-0
Emotional intelligence of counseling undergraduates of two Malaysian
public universities
I.H. Ahmed Tharbe & Fonny Hutagalung
Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, Malaysia
ABSTRACT: The main objective of this study is to identify the Emotional Intelligence (EI) profile of counsel-
ing undergraduates of two Malaysian public universities. A total of 134 counseling students from University of
Malaya and Islamic Science University of Malaysia took part in the survey. The Self Rated Malaysian Emotional
Intelligence Scale (SRMEIS) which consists of 39 items was used to measure overall emotional intelligence and
its components ...