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The present study was carried out to study the impact of Emotional Intelligence among secondary school students. The sample comprised of 150 students (boys 75 & girls 75) who were randomly selected from government high schools of Kamal and Panipat Districts. Psychological Well-being (PWBS-SDCP) Scale Devender singh and Pooja chaudhary (2012) and Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS Schtte et al., 1988) was used to analyse the impact of Emotional Intelligence on Psychological Well-being of secondary school students. Pearson's Product Moment, correlation, T-test and Regression were used to analyse the data. The findings of the present study shows that correlation between Emotional Intelligence and Psychological well-being among students was found Significant. Further T-test was applied between Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Well-being of both groups where it was found that there was significant difference between emotional intelligence of male and female students but insignificant difference between Psychological well-being of both groups.
Keywords: emotional intelligence and psychological well-being
Emotional intelligence-EQ is relatively recent behavioural model, rising to prominence with Danial Goleman's 1995 book called 'Emotional Intelligence'. The early Emotional Intelligence theory was developed during 1970's and 80's by the work and writings of psychologists Howard Gardner (Harvard, Peter slovey Yale, & John Mayer New Hapmpsire). Emotional intelligence is an important consideration in human resources planning and selection, management and development, customer's service andmore.
Emotional intelligence links strongly with concepts of love and spirituality bringing compassion and humanity to work and also to multiple intelligence theory which illustrates and measures the range of capabilities people possess and the fact that everybody has a value. The EQ concept argues that IQ or conventional intelligence is too narrow, that there are wider areas of Emotional intelligence that enables how successful we are.
EQ embraces two aspects of intelligence: Understanding yourself, your goals, intentions, responses, behaviour and all.
Understanding others and their feelings. Students with high emotional intelligence are prepared to deal with the challenges' of new environment, setting up a responsibility schedule and study plan, meeting new people and dealing with frustration and anxieties of being out of control of the environment (Goleman, 1998).
Psychological well-being
Psychological Well-being is about lives going well. It is the combination of feeling good and functioning effectively. Sustainable well-being does not require individuals to feel...