Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence, Altruistic Behaviour & Psychological Wellbeing

The paper throws light on the period of Adulthood wherein most of the changes take place in physical, emotional, social, and various aspects of development. The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between Emotional Intelligence, Altruistic Behaviour and Psychological Wellbeing among adults. The sample was (N=150) with an age range of 20-27years. The sample was collected using purposive sampling technique. Three tools were administered on the sample for data collection and those were Assessing Emotions Scale, Self- Report Altruism Scale and Psychological Wellbeing Scale. The statistical analysis of the quantitative data was done using SPSS and descriptive statistics and Pearson Product Moment Correlation were used. The findings reveal that there is a significant positive correlation between Emotional Intelligence and Altruistic Behaviour and hence, hypothesis 1 has been accepted completely. In addition to this, there is significant negative correlation found between Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Wellbeing and hence, hypothesis 2 has been accepted completely. It has also been found that Altruistic Behaviour and Psychological Wellbeing show no correlation and thus hypothesis 3 was completely rejected. Lastly, when all three variables were analysed together, it showed similar results as covered in the above-mentioned statements and thus, hypothesis 4 will be accepted but can be altered and used for future research. The discussion focuses on similar research and work done on such topic.