Personality traits and managing the emotions of others (MEOS) in undergraduate students

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Ramdintluangi and Priyanka Musalay Thiagaamudhan (Department of Psychology, St. Francis College, Begumpet, Hyderabad, Telangana)

MEOS refers to managing the emotions of others which focuses on one’s ability to manage others’ emotions. Personality is a set of traits that characterises an individual. This study aimed to assess a relationship between personality traits and managing the emotions of others and the gender difference between the two. Study sample consisted of 112 undergraduate students between the age group 17 to 22 years. The tools consisted of Mini-IPIP and Managing the Emotions of Others Scale (MEOS). Analysis of data was done using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation coefficient and t-test which revealed that there is a significant relationship between the Personality traits and the dimensions of MEOS and also showed a marked difference between male and female where the latter is higher in Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientious, Neuroticism, Imagination, Enhance and Divert.