Correlation Between Physical Fitness With Emotional Intelligence Of Primary School Children

Abstract

This study aims to find out the correlation between the level of physical fitness and the emotional intelligence of primary school children. This study used correlational analytical design with cross-sectional approach samples of 93 students of 4-6 grade from one of the primary school in Bandung. The instrument used are the Indonesian fitness test for 10-12 years old and the emotional intelligence questioner. The tests conducted in this study are Cross Sectional and Spearman tests. The results of the research showed that there is a correlation between the level of physical fitness with emotional intelligence.  The correlation coefficient is 0,778, it means physical fitness has a significant correlation with emotional intelligence of the primary students.