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    EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND ACADEMIC SELF-CONCEPT AS DETERMINANTS OF DELINQUENT BEHAVIOUR AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KATSINA METROPOLIS, KATSINA STATE
    (Department of Early Childhood and Primary Education, 2025) Stephen Ilesanmi Ajiboye, Dr. Steve Olusegun Bada & Dr. Binta Ado Ali
    The study investigated emotional intelligence and academic self-concept as determinants of delinquent behaviour among secondary school students in Katsina state. The study adopted a correlational research design. The data collected were used to establish the relationship between emotional intelligence and academic self-concept on delinquent behaviour among secondary school students in Katsina metropolis. six (six) public schools were selected out of twelve (12) schools in Katsina metropolis using simple random sampling technique. The population for this study comprised of two thousand, five hundred (2500) senior secondary school 2 (SSII) students with a sample of three hundred and thirty three (333) students using Research Advisor (2006) to determine the sample size. The test-retest method of reliability was used in pilot testing the instruments to determine the reliability index of Students’ Emotional Intelligence Questionnaires (SEIQ), Students’ Academic Self-concept Questionnaires(SASEQ) and Students’ Delinquent Behaviour Questionnaires (SDBQ) at 0.755, 0.853 and 0.702 respectively. Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) statistics was used to test the hypotheses. The findings shows that there was a significant relationship between emotional intelligence and delinquent behaviour (r = .126, p-value = 0.022); that there is a significant relationship between academic self-concept and delinquent behaviours among senior secondary school students in Katsina metropolis, Katsina state (r = .123, p-value = 0.025). It was concluded that the emotional intelligence, academic self-concept and delinquent behaviours are elusive but valuable concepts in the life of students in secondary schools. It was recommended among others that parents, guardians, caregivers and teachers should try to ensure that students are guided on their emotions in other to measures and minimize the level of delinquency.