Emotional Intelligence and Personality Development of Urban Adolescents
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2020-08
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CCSHAU, Hisar
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Adolescence is a period of transition between playful childhood and responsible adulthood. It is a stage of physical and psychological human development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to legal adulthood. Personality is an interesting and complex phenomenon; it expresses itself differently and underlies the differences among humans. Emotional intelligence is the ability of an individual to express emotions appropriately and the role of emotions is very crucial in individual‟s lives because they get to know the perception of themselves and others through emotions. This research examines assessment of emotional intelligence, personality and home environment. The study was conducted in city area of Jind and Bhiwani district of Haryana state. From district sample constituted of randomly selected 240 adolescents of 14-16 years. . Self prepared questionnaire was used to delineate personal and socio-economic variables. Emotional intelligence was assessed by Emotional intelligence scale (EIS) of Hyde et al. (2002); personality was assessed by Big Five Inventory by John and Srivastava (1999) and family environment was assessed using Family environment scale (FES) by Bhatia and Chadha (1993). Association revealed that family environment is strong predictors of emotional intelligence and mother‟s occupation, parental education and gender associates with personality during adolescents. Comparison revealed that Jind district, adolescents of 15-16 years and male adolescents were found better in emotional intelligence and personality than Bhiwani district, adolescents of 14-15 years and female adolescents respectively. Personality and emotional intelligence of adolescents was significantly correlated.