Emotional Intelligence and Personality Factors among Private and Government School Students

Adolescent is a growing age when an individual is passing through a lot of internal and external changes. Environment like home environment and institutions where they get educated plays important role in successful transformations. Present study compares the emotional intelligence and personality factor among private and government school students. A sample size of 320 adolescents was selected among which 160 were from private and government school in both groups 80 were males and 80 were females. All the students selected were belonging to IX and X standard in the age of 13-16 years. Emotional Intelligence was measured using Emotional Quotient scale developed by Dalip Singh and Chadda and Personality was measured used NEO-FFI being developed by Costa&McCrae. t-test was applied to compare the difference between the means. Findings of the study reveal that among of boys and girls on results reveal that there is highly significant difference among scores of competency sub-scale and total emotional intelligence where as no such significant difference is present on sensitivity and maturity sub-scale. Overall comparison of private and government schools adolescents shows no significant difference. On overall comparison of boys and girls on personality factors significant differences were found on the extraversion factor and highly significant difference was found on openness component. No significant differences were found on neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness and NEO-FFI total scores. On overall comparison of private and government schools adolescents no significant difference was found.