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| Published: June 25, 2020

Association between emotional intelligence and perceived parental care and overprotection among Indian undergraduate students

Tanushree K S

Student, dept. of Psychology, Kristu Jayanti College Autonomous, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Soumya Simon

Assistant professor, Kristu Jayanti College (Autonomous), Bangalore, Karnataka, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.116/20200802

DOI: 10.25215/0802.116

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The present study proposes to see if there is any association between Emotional Intelligence and perceived parental care and overprotection styles. Emotional intelligence is the ability to identify and manage one’s own emotions as well as the emotions of others. Perceived parental styles are the perception of styles of parental behavior by children or adolescents. A sample of 112 undergraduate college students was taken. The students completed 2 Self Measure Questionnaires. The results showed that there was positive correlation between Paternal care and Emotional Intelligence and negative correlation between Paternal overprotection and Emotional Intelligence. There was no correlation between maternal care, maternal overprotection and Emotional Intelligence.

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ISSN 2348-5396

ISSN 2349-3429

18.01.116/20200802

10.25215/0802.116

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Published in   Volume 08, Issue 2, April- June, 2020