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| Published: September 25, 2016

Emotional Intelligence In Relation To Psychological Well-Being among Students

Dr. Sayeeda Shaheen ,

Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India Google Scholar More about the auther

Dr. Hameeda Shaheen

Post Doctoral Fellow (PDF;ICSSR), Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.115/20160304

DOI: 10.25215/0304.115

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The present study was aimed to investigate the emotional intelligence in relation to psychological well-being among students. The sample comprised 100 students (boys =50 & girls =50), who were randomly selected from Senior Secondary Schools, AMU, Aligarh. The mean age of students was 15 years. Well-Being Manifestation Measure Scale (WBMMS; Masse, et al. 1998a) and Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS; Schutte et al., 1998) was used to assess psychological well-being and emotional intelligence. Pearson Product-Moment Correlation and t-test were used to analyze the data. The results of the correlation showed that there is significant positive correlation between emotional intelligence and psychological well-being. Further, the result of the t-test showed that girls scored significantly higher as compare to boys on emotional intelligence, while there was no significant difference found between boys and girls scores on total psychological well-being and also on its any dimensions.
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ISSN 2349-3429

DIP: 18.01.115/20160304

DOI: 10.25215/0304.115

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Published in   Volume 03, Issue 4, July-September, 2016