Study of emotional intelligence in association with subjective well-being among adolescents

Pages: 122-124
Nalini Malhotra and Rupleen Kaur (Department of Psychology, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab )

The main purpose of the present study was to examine the relation between emotional intelligence and subjective well-being among adolescents. The sample comprised 200 adolescents (100 males & 100 females) in the age range of 13-18 years from the private schools of Patiala district. Socio-demographic data sheet was used to take information about the personal and socio-economic variables. The data of the study were obtained through the use of the Subjective Well-being Inventory- SUBI (Sell & Nagpal, 1992) and Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS), (Hyde, Pethe, & Dhar, 2002 ) after due consent of the respective principals and participants. Correlation coefficients and step-wise multiple regression analysis was applied . The results of the present study revealed that the different domains of emotional intelligence were found to be significantly and positively correlated with subjective well-being. Regression analysis revealed that the domains of emotional intelligence viz., self-development, self awareness, empathy, self-motivation and managing relations, except; Emotional stability, integrity, value orientation, commitment and altruistic behavior were found to be the significant predictors of subjective well-being with 18.6% variance. Further, the results were interpreted in light of existing recent researches and the implications were discussed.