Emotional Intelligence and Self Esteem among Young Adults

Abstract

It is a non-experimental quantitative study aimed to study the relationship between emotional intelligence and self-esteem among young adults. In the present study the researcher also made an attempt to explore the gender difference with regard to their emotional intelligence and self-esteem levels. The data was collected using the Schutte’s emotional intelligence scale and Rosenberg’s self-esteem scale from a sample of 177 young adults(N=177) that belong to working and student population, in which 88 were male participants and 89 were female participants (Female=89 and Male= 88). The sample was collected among 8 different states such as Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Kolkata. The study found that there is a significant relationship between emotional intelligence and self-esteem among young adults, and the correlation was found to be positive. The study also found that there is no significant gender difference among young adults with regard to their emotional intelligence, whereas in case of self-esteem also, no significant gender difference was found.