The relation between social adjustment, emotional intelligence and personality among college students

Pages: 196-199
Umakant Subhash Gaikwad (Department of Psychology, Art’s Science College, Chincholi, Kannad, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India)

The purpose of this study was to investigate, the relation between social adjustment (SA), emotional intelligence (EI) and personality. The total sample consisted of 147 college students from different academic terms, of which 58 were male and 89 were female. The students were selected from Art’s as well as science department from different college in Aurangabad (Maharashtra). For this purpose of investigation Palsane SA scale. Mayers -Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI- From G, 1975), Mayer-Salovey-Caruso EI scale (MSCEIT V.2) was used. The Pearson’s Product – Moment Correlation and t-test were applied as a Statistical technique. The finding of this study EI is not positively correlated with SA, extroverts show better SA as compared to introverts, feeling types do not show better SA as compared to thinking types, intuitive types are higher in EI than sensing types, Feeling types do not show higher EI than thinking types.