The Role of Adjustment Problems in Emotional Intelligence among Adolescents

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the role of adjustment problems in emotional intelligence among adolescents. A sample of 200 adolescents' (100 females & 100 males) was selected from colleges. The Bell's Adjustment Inventory and Emotional Quotient Test were used to assess adolescents' adjustment problems and emotional intelligence respectively. The study confirmed a negative relationship between adolescents' adjustment problems and emotional intelligence. For adolescents' females emotional, home and health adjustment problems were negative predictors of emotional intelligence. On the contrary, emotional, heath and home adjustment problems were negative indicators of emotional intelligence among adolescents' males.