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Subject: Human Development and Family Studies × Author: Basanti × End date: 2019 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Emotional Intelligence and self- esteem of adolescents
    (CCSHAU, 2018) Basanti; Sangwan, Santosh
    The present study was undertaken in Hisar district of Haryana state. The objective of the study was to assess level and to identify factors affecting emotional intelligence and self esteem. Two schools i.e. Campus and Vishwas Senior Secondary School of Hisar city were selected randomly and two senior secondary schools of Kaimri from Block-I and Rawalwas from Block-II, Govt. School were selected. A sample of 120 rural and 120 urban respondents including equal number of males and females of 14-16 year age were taken, thus to make a total sample of 240 adolescents. Majority of males and females living in rural area had normal level of emotional intelligence followed by above average and below average. Similar trend was observed for urban respondents. Main finding revealed that regardless of locale, self-esteem of majority of adolescents was high followed by negative and balanced. Study further pointed out that irrespective of gender, self-esteem of majority of males and females was positive followed by negative and balanced. There were significant differences in emotional intelligence of rural, urban and in total sample on the basis of self-esteem. Positive and significant relationship existed between self-esteem and emotional intelligence of children. Children whose fathers and mothers were more educated had high personally and socially perceived self-esteem then those whose parents were less educated. Children form high income families had high self-esteem than those from low and middle income families. Regression analysis revealed significant positive interaction between socio-economic variables and socially perceived self-esteem of children indicating that socio-economic variables are strong predictor of personally and socially perceived self-esteem and emotional intelligence.