A Study of Emotional Intelligence among Tribal Students of Ranchi Town

The purpose of the present study is to find out the level of Emotional intelligence of tribal students of Ranchi town. It also investigated the gender as well as caste difference regarding these variables. A total sample of 80 with the age range of adolescence has been taken from tribal students of Ranchi town from different colleges. 2×2 factorial design was used. Tools were used Emotional Intelligence Inventory developed by Mangal and Mangal (2009). Data were treated by Mean, SD, and t-test. The findings of the study revealed that the mean scores of Emotional intelligence of male and female students did not differ significantly. It means tribal students of male and female were found to the same extent in their emotional intelligence. The mean scores of Emotional intelligence of High and Low caste tribal students differ significantly. It means tribal students of Low caste were found to believe significantly more emotional intelligence than High caste tribal students