Emotional Intelligence of the Adolescents in Relation to their Self-Concept

The present study aims to measure the emotional intelligence and self-concept of the adolescent children, and also to know if significant differences existed on these variables between male and female students. It was also the purpose to establish the relationship between emotional intelligence and self-concept of the adolescents. It was hypothesized that there would be on significant differences on emotional intelligence and self-concept of school students on the basis of sex. Also there would be a positive and significant relationship between psychological well-being and self-concept. The sample of the study consisted of 400 adolescent children studying in 9th and 10th classes, out of which 200 were males and 200 were females. They were administered Emotional Intelligence test by Dr. S.K. Mangal and Shubhra Mangal and Self-Concept test devised by Dr. R.K. Saraswat. The results reveal that (i) male and female students differed on fourth component and total EI; but not on the first three components, (ii) male and female students did not differ significantly on self-concept,(iii) there was a positive relationship between emotional intelligence and self-concept of adolescent children.