Emotional intelligence and mental health among university students

Pages: 2067-2069
G. Bhadramani (Department of Psychology, SPW Degree & PG College, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh)
Jithin Joy and Venkatachalam Jonnadula (Department of Psychology, Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu)

Education is the backbone of any nation and the success and achievement of students is considered as the backbone of the education system. Good mental health and well-being makes a great contribution to the overall health and well-being of individuals and communities. It influences social and economic outcomes for individuals and also affecting lives of many people in our community, their families and friends. The negative impacts of poor mental health on individuals, families and the wider community can be significant. In recent times lot of efforts were put in to see the impact of emotional intelligence on one’s mental health. Emotional intelligence consists of different sets of abilities that a person uses to understand, regulate, and make use of his own emotions. Emotional regulation, understanding and utilization reflect the capability of a person to manage his emotions. It is imperative that the goals of education cannot be met unless students have sound mental health. An effort is made in the present study to study the correlation between the emotional intelligence and mental health of university students and how economic status of the students contributes to this dimension. The emotional intelligence and mental health scores of 150 (79 male & 71 female) post graduate students of Periyar University, Salem, India were subjected to correlation analysis and t-test. The results were discussed in the light of the obtained values.