Abstract
The study investigated determinants of emotional intelligence of senior secondary school students in Port Harcourt Local Government Area. Three research questions and three null hypotheses guided the study. Correlational research design was adopted. Population of the study 16,660 senior secondary school students in all the 16 public senior secondary schools in Port Harcourt Local Government Area. Sample size of the study was 391 respondents which was determined using Taro Yamene’s formula. Simple random sampling technique was for the sample selection. An instrument titled: “Questionnaire on Determinants of Students’ Emotional Intelligence” (QDSEI) was used for data collection. The Simple Regression Analysis was used to answer the research questions and also test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The results showed that: Home environment, locus of control and psychological wellbeing significantly predicted emotional intelligence of senior secondary school students in Port Harcourt Local Government Area. Recommendations were made that: Parents should make the home environment to be conducive as to enhance the emotional intelligence of the students, and that students should develop internal locus of control in order to believe in themselves, as well as improve their emotional intelligence for better performance in school.