Emotional Intelligence in Relation to Intelligence and Personality

In order to explain the influences of emotional intelligence on the development of personality traits, and, intelligence on the basis of gender, the study was conducted on 200 students (100 boys&100 girls), studying m different colleges of Kurukshetra district of Haiyana. The age of the participants ranged between 17 and 21 years. The participants were investigated using Raven Standard Progressive Matrices (1983), The NEO- Personality Inventory (Costa & McCrae, 1991) Emotional Intelligence scale (Mangal & Mangal, 2004). The data were analyzed by using Pearson's Product Moment correlation and t test. The results of t test indicated significant difference m scores of intelligence, neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness, Intra-Personal Awareness, Inter-Personal Awareness and Inter-Personal Management, for males and females. Females' correlation analysis indicated that neuroticism has strong negative correlations with Intra-Personal Awareness .Extrovert personality has significant positive correlations with Intra-Personal Management. Openness demonstrated significant positive correlations with Intra-Personal Management and Inter-Personal Management. Agreeableness also correlated positively with Inter-Personal Awareness and Inter-Personal Management. However no association was found between Conscientiousness and Emotional intelligence. On the other hand male correlation analysis revealed strong negative correlation of mtelhgence with Intra-Personal and Inter-Personal Management. Extraversion demonstrated strong positive correlations with Intra-Personal Awareness, Inter-Personal Awareness and Intra- Personal Management. Opemiess correlated positively and significantly with Inter-Personal Awareness and Inter- Personal Management. Agreeableness demonstrated negative correlation with Intra-Personal Management. Neuroticism and Conscientious were not found correlating with emotional intelligence. These results have important implications m regard to our current understanding of the relationships between Emotional Intelligence, intelligence and personality.