Effect of Certain Personal Variables on Emotional Intelligence of Police Personnel

The study was designed to investigate the impact of certain personal variables on Emotional Intelligence of police personnel. The sample consisted of 200 police personnel (Constable/Head Constable) selected randomly from various branches of Rajkot and Junagarh districts. Mangal's Emotional Intelligence Inventory was used to measure emotional intelligence. the results indicated that police are not emotionally intelligent when they were tested on the following variables: gender (t = 1.64, > 0.05), area of residence (t = 1.40, > 0.05), marital status (t = 0.67, > 0.05), and family status (t = 1.73, > 0.05). Whereas, some variables namely education qualification and work experience, job status, age, monthly income and type of family have significant effect on emotional intelligence of police.