A comparative study of negative emotion stress state in police officers with different levels of emotional intelligence

Pages:491-493
S.S. Nathawat and Meenal Dadarwal (Amity Behavioural Institute and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Jaipur, Rajasthan )

The present research has examined the difference between stress levels of officers having different level of emotional intelligence in a sample of 300 police officers in Rajasthan state. The sample was subjected to 8 emotional state including anxiety, arousal, depression, extraversion, fatigue, guilt, regression and stress and emotional intelligence inventory. The analysis of these of the total stress state revealed that individual with high emotional intelligence would have low negative emotion stress state in the police and through the emotional inventory the level of emotional intelligence was also assessed. Implications of the findings have been discussed to promote the individuals to transcend self imposed limitations and actualize their potentials to serve the society and can act as a protector of the law.