Mental health of adolescents in relation to emotional intelligence and self-efficacy

Pages: 1338-1342
Divya Singh and Vandana Gupta (Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh)

‘Health is wealth’ a popular Indian proverb indicated the importance of health in human life. It is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being. Various studies suggested that individual’s mental health affected by his/her emotional ability and confidence in abilities. Emotional intelligence is one’s ability to perceive own and other’s emotions, regulate and use it to facilitate thoughts. The aim of propped study was to examine the relationship of emotional intelligence, self-efficacy and mental health on the sample of 100 boys and girls age ranged from 16-18 years. Three measures were employed; these are mental health inventory (Jagdish & Srivastva, 1998); MSREIS-R (Pandey & Anand, 1996); and Self-efficacy questionnaire (Muris, 2001). Results of regression analyses revealed that adolescent’s mental health is being significantly predicted by the emotional intelligence, and self-efficacy. The findings are discussed with implications and in light of future perspective.