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Cognitive Study

| Published: September 18, 2020

A study on relationship between personality and emotional intelligence of creative writers

Mr. Manzoor Ahmad Rather

Asst. Professor, Dept. of Education (University of Kashmir), Kashmir, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Dr. Mahmood Ahmad Khan

Professor, Dept. of Education, (University of Kashmir), Kashmir, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.099/20200803

DOI: 10.25215/0803.099

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The study was undertaken to study the relationship between the factors of personality and Emotional Intelligence of Creative writers of Jammu & Kashmir. The sample of the study comprised of 80 creative writers (Sahitya Akademi Award nominees and Selectees). Big Five Personality inventory by McCrae and Costa (1992) (to measure personality) and Emotional Intelligence Scale (2011) by Hyde, Pathe and Dhar were the tools used for the collection of Data. Correlation was computed by employing Pearson’s Product Moment Coefficient of Correlation on Personality and Emotional Intelligence of Creative writers (N=80) at dimension level. The study revealed that significant Negative relationship existed between the factors of Personality: Extraversion and factors C (Self-motivation) and H (Value Orientation); (O)Openness to Experience and factor E (Managing relations) of Emotional Intelligence. However no significant relationship was found between the rest of the factors.

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ISSN 2348-5396

ISSN 2349-3429

18.01.099/20200803

10.25215/0803.099

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Published in   Volume 08, Issue 3, July-September, 2020