A Study to Assess Emotional Intelligence Among Late Adolescents in Selected Colleges of Pune City

Abstract

Introduction: Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand, use, and manage emotions in positive ways to relieve stress, communicate effectively, empathize with others, overcome challenges and defuse conflict. Emotional intelligence helps to build stronger relationships, succeed at school, work and personal goals. This virtue holds a very important place in the lives of late adolescents.  Title: The study revolves around assessing the emotional intelligence among late adolescents in selected colleges of Pune city. Objectives: The main objectives of the study were to assess the level of emotional intelligence and to associate the findings with selected demographic variables. Methodology: The present study is a non experimental descriptive research study. The sample size is 200. The samples were chosen by using non probability, purposive sampling technique. Data was collected using demographic profile and standard tool. Emotional intelligence is assessed using TEIQue - SF. It is a standard tool developed by Dr. K.V Petrides. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics. Results: The findings revealed that 62.50% of late adolescents have high emotional intelligence and 37.50% have average emotional intelligence with a mean value of 124.9 and standard deviation of 62.91. There is an association related to the level of emotional intelligence with age and education. Conclusion: The study helps to understand and reduce the gap between late adolescents and emotional intelligence in their diurnal life by assessing the levels of emotional intelligence and exploring factors that may impact emotional intelligence during this important experimental stage. It also aims at gaining an insight into the emotional intelligence quotient of late adolescents. This research will help to contribute to the existing body of knowledge on how emotional intelligence influences the development and decision making skills of late adolescents.