Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Self Esteem Among College Students

Abstract

 The research was conducted to assess the relationship between emotional intelligence and self-esteem among college students. Emotional Intelligence and Self-Esteem were administered on the randomly selected a sample size (N= 135) college students including both (male-68, and female-67) from colleges in Villupuram. That data was collected through Google forms from the participants. The Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence (SSEIT) and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) were used to collect the data, t-test, f-test and Pearson correlation was used for statistical analysis. The result of research is there will be no significant differences in emotional intelligence on the basis of demographic variables are age, locality, family type and birth order. There will be no significant difference in self-esteem on the basis of family type. There will be significant difference in emotional intelligence on the basis of gender. There will be significant difference in self-esteem on the basis of gender, age, locality and birth order. The findings showed that there was a positive relationship between Emotional intelligence and self-esteem among college students.