Emotional intelligence, spiritual intelligence and subjective well-being of yoga practitioners

Pages:577-582
Seena N. S. (Consultant Psychologist and Panel Psychologist for Juvenile Justice Institution, Kottayam The Social Justice Department, Govt. of Kerala and Doctoral Research Scholar, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore)
Sundaram Suresh (HOD, Department of Applied Psychology, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu)
Vidhya Ravindranadan (Post Graduate, Department of Psychology Union Christian College, Aluva, Kerala)

Yoga literally means ‘union’ in Sanskrit which is the union of mind (psyche), body (soma) and energy (Prana). The present study is meant to assess emotional intelligence, spiritual intelligence and well-being of yoga practitioners and also to understand the relationship of variables under study. Sample consists of regular yoga practitioners (with 3 or more years of practice) and non practitioners. The three study variables used are emotional intelligence, spiritual intelligence and subjective well-being. Tools used in the study are Emotional Intelligence Inventory (EII), Spiritual Intelligence Self-Report Inventory (SISRI). Subjective Well-Being Inventory (SWBI). Data was analyzed using ‘t’ test and Pearson’s correlation. The major findings of the study are that there are significant positive differences for yoga practitioners when compared to non practitioners in all the three study variables. And also found that there are significant positive correlations among all the main study variables.