A RESEARCH ON THE LEVELS OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS OF YOUTH CAMP LEADER CANDIDATES

This research aims to compare the youth camp leader candidates’ level of emotional intelligence with their communication skills and examine the variances such as age, gender, type of secondary school and type of undergraduate education. 147 trainees, who attended the training course for youth camp leaders for 4 periods took part in this research. Emotional Intelligence Scale and Evaluation of Communication Skills Scale were applied as data collection tools and results of the analysis indicate that there is a positive correlation between the emotional intelligence and the communication skills of youth camp leader candidates. In addition, it has been concluded that emotional intelligence level increases with age. No statistically significant difference was found between the levels of emotional intelligence and perception of communication skills regarding to gender, type of secondary school and type of undergraduate education.