Emotional Intelligence and Personality Traits (Extroversion and Introversion) among Adolescents

Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand own emotions and those of people around us. Each of us has personality unique and distinct from every other person. To be simple "Personality is the behavior of the individual in a situation". The major objectives of this research were to assess and compare the relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Personality Traits (Extroversion) among adolescents Boys and Girls. The study was conducted on total sample of 120 adolescent Boys and Girls from class 10th, 11th and 12th (20 students from each class) through systematic Random Sample selection. In the present study two areas were assessed i.e. Emotional Intelligence and Personality Traits, so that two separate standardized tool were used for study. For the assessment of Emotional Intelligence, Roqan emotional intelligence test (REIT) prepared by Zainuddin and Ahmed was used. The five dimensions of emotional intelligence or emotional competence Self-Awareness, Self Regulation, Motivation, Empathy, Social Skill, were asses by this tool. For assessment of personality trait. Personality Inventory (Extroversion-Introversion) Pl-SS by Singh and Singh was used. The survey method was adapted for data collection and result revealed that the majority of the respondents have average Emotional Intelligence with mix character of introvert and extrovert personality test i.e. ambivert. It can also be concluded that there was a difference present between boys and girls regarding Emotional Intelligence and personality trait. The data also depicted that there was a positive correlation present between Emotional intelligence. Personality trait among adolescent boys and slightly negative correlation found in adolescent girls.