EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AMONG INTERMEDIATE STUDENTS

Abstract

An attempt was made in the present investigation is Aim: Emotional Intelligence among intermediate students. Objectives: To study the inuence of gender, type of management and locality among intermediate students. Sample: The sample of the present investigation was selected 1200 intermediate students in Guttur, Prakasam and Nellore districts of Andhra Pradesh State of India. The subjects were in the age group from 15 to 18 years and using systematic random sampling technique. Tool: Emotional Intelligence Scale developed by Nutankumar Thingujam, and Usha Ram (1999) was used. Research Design: As there are three independent variables i.e., gender (male & female), type of management (government & private) and locality (rural & urban), each is divided in to two categories, a 2×2×2 factorial design was employed in the present study. Statistical Analysis: Means, SDs and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used. Results: Results revealed signicant impact of gender, type of management and locality with regard to Emotional Intelligence. Conclusions: Females have high Emotional Intelligence than males; private college students have high Emotional Intelligence than government colleges and students of urban areas have high Emotional Intelligence than students of rural areas.