Table 1.

Emotional intelligence by gender. Descriptive statistics and Student’s t-test.

EI Factor	Total			Gender						t	p	95% CI	d
				Boys			Girls
	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD
Intrapersonal	1287	8.95	3.05	606	9.12	3.03	681	8.80	3.07	1.88	0.060	−0.013, 0.656	0.11
Interpersonal	1287	11.61	2.18	606	11.18	2.17	681	11.99	2.11	−6.80 ***	0.000	−1.049, −0.579	0.38
Stress Management	1287	11.20	2.88	606	11.48	2.82	681	10.95	2.91	3.30 **	0.001	0.216, 0.846	0.18
Adaptability	1287	11.27	2.44	606	11.47	2.37	681	11.09	2.49	2.81 **	0.005	0.117, 0.651	0.16
Mood	1287	11.37	3.23	606	11.94	3.00	681	10.87	3.34	6.08 ***	0.000	0.727, 1.427	0.34

** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001.