Locus of Control and Emotional Intelligence among High and Low Self-Efficacious School Students

The present study examined the role of self- efficacy on the locus of control and emotional intelligence among the students studying in various secondary schools of Ranchi district of Jharkhand state. The study was conducted on a sample of  (boy and girl) high and low self- efficacious students by following the criterion of selection M+- 1 SD. Hindi version of General Self- Efficacy Scale by Sood ( 1998) was used to classify subjects in high and low. Locus of control Scale by Menon and Verma (1908) and Emotional Intelligence Scale by Mangal and Mangal were administered to assess locus of control and emotional intelligence. Result shows that there is a variation in the level of locus of control and emotional intelligence between high and low self-efficacious students. It is also found that there is a statistically significant gender difference in locus of control and emotional intelligence between high and low self – efficacious students.  It means that boy and girl school students were significantly differ in their locus of control and emotional intelligence.