Gender Differences in Emotional Intelligence among College Students: A Comparative Study

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Sujit Kumar Yadav¹ and Amit Kumar² (Department of Psychology, M.V. College, Buxar, V.K.S.U., Ara, Bihar¹ and Department of Psychology, H.S. College, Haveli Kharagpur, Munger University, Munger, Bihar²)

Scientific findings on emotional intelligence support the notion that emotions are functional when the information they provide is attended to, interpreted accurately, integrated into thinking and behaviour, and managed effectively. The Present study examined the gender difference in emotional intelligence in terms of intra-personal awareness (knowing about one’s own emotions), inter-personal awareness (knowing about other’s emotions), intra-personal management (managing one’s own emotions), and inter-personal management (managing other’s emotions). Fifty male students and fifty female students were taken for the study. Participants were individually assessed on the Mangal Emotional Intelligence Inventory to examine the status of emotional intelligence. Female students showed significantly high emotional intelligence in comparison to the male participants.