Personality and emotional intelligence in movie watchers and literature book readers

Pages: 958-965
Avichal Mishra and Nandita Chaube (Institute of Behaviour Sciences, Gujarat Forensic Science University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat)

The present study examines the relationship between personality and emotional intelligence in movie watchers and literature book readers. The sample comprised of 200 (n=200) individuals with the hobbies of book reading and movie watching. Out of these 200, there were (n=129) females, (n=70) males who filled the measure of personality factors (NEO FFI3) by Costa and McCrae (2010) and emotional intelligence Test (EIT) by Shukla (2011). Education qualification of the participants ranged between under graduation to doctorate level. No significant relationship between emotional intelligence and personality factors could be found with movie watching and book reading. However, these variables were found to be significantly correlated with some demographic variables. Also, no significant difference was found between groups on various demographics on emotional intelligence and personality factors.