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Anmol Toor ¹, Tejpreet K. Kang ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Seienee Punjab Agrieultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Abstract

The investigation entitled “Relationship of Emotional Intelligence with Occupational Stress across Gender and Designation” aimed to assess the relationship of Emotional Intelligence with Occupational Stress of university teachers in relation to their gender and designation. The study was based on a sample of240 respondents randomly selected from the faculty of Punj ab Agricultural University, Ludhiana and Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, selecting 60 respondents each from four selected categories- Assistant Professors, Associate Professors, Professors and Head of the Departments. The respondents were equally divided across both the genders. For collecting the demographic information of the respondents, a General Information Sheet was prepared. Emotional Intelligence Scale by Hyde and Pethe was used to assess the emotional intelligence of the respondents. For the appraisal of occupational stress. The Occupational Stress Index by Srivastava and Singh was used. Results revealed that majority of the associate professors had low level of emotional intelligence, while head of the departments had high level of emotional intelligence. The occupational stress level was found to be highest in associate professors and lowest in head of the departments. A significant association was found between the level of emotional intelligence and the designation of the respondents. Positive correlation was observed between designation and emotional intelligence of the respondents indicating that emotional intelligence increases with the designation of the respondent.

Keywords

Emotional Intelligence, Occupational Stress, Teachers.

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Anmol Toor ¹, Tejpreet Kaur Kang ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies College of Community Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Abstract

The investigation entitled “Mental Health among college students during COVID-19 pandemic: A study of Gender and Locale Differences” aimed to assess the mental health among college students. The study was conducted on a sample of 500 college students in the age range of 19-21 years studying in various undergraduate programmes offered by different rural and urban colleges of Ludhiana district of Punjab. The sample was equally divided between the two genders (250 males & 250 females) and locale (250 rural & 250 urban). The sample was randomly drawn from the selected colleges that were partially operating during the pandemic. A set questionnaire was distributed to each respondent comprising of Mental Health Battery by Singh and Sengupta (2000) and a General Information Sheet. Later, the scoring was done and the results were tabulated. Results revealed that in the overall mental health scores, the male students performed better than the female students, the rural students performed better than the urban students and rural females performed significantly better than that of urban females.

Keywords

mental health, pandemic and gender.

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Anmol Toor ¹, Tejpreet Kaur Kang ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies College of Community Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Abstract

The investigation entitled “A Study of Dispositional Resilience among College Students during COVID-19 Pandemic. A study of Dispositional resilience among college students during COVID-19 pandemic” aimed to assess the Dispositional resilience of college students. The study was conducted on a sample of 500 college students in the age range of 19-21 years studying in various undergraduate programmes offered by different rural and urban colleges of Ludhiana district of Punjab. The sample was equally divided between the two genders (250 males & 250 females) and locale (250 rural & 250 urban). The sample was randomly drawn from the selected colleges that were partially operating during the pandemic. A set of questionnaire was given to each respondent namely, General Information Sheet and Self-Structured Dispositional Resilience (Hardiness) Questionnaire and a General Information Sheet was also distributed. Later the scoring was done and the results were tabulated. Results revealed that in Significant gender differences were found between the urban males and urban females in the commitment dimension of dispositional resilience. In the communication dimension of dispositional resilience, the rural males scored higher as compared to rural females, while in the urban area, the urban females scored higher than the urban males. Rural females scored significantly higher than the rural males in the overall dispositional resilience.

Keywords

dispositional resilience, hardiness and pandemic.

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