Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: August | Volume: 9 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 267-273
To Compare the Emotional Intelligence of Male and Female Professional College Students
Ms. Abigail KT Zaizai1, Sr. Tessy Sebastian2
1MSc Nursing, 2Professor,
Dept. of Mental Health Nursing, Smt. Radhikabai Meghe Memorial College of Nursing, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Science (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
Corresponding Author: Ms. Abigail KT Zaizai
ABSTRACT
Background: Emotional Intelligence is the capability of people to recognize their own feelings, thoughts, emotions and those of others discern between different feelings, label them appropriately, and use emotional information to guide thinking, behavior, manage and adjust emotions to adapt to the environments and to achieve one’s goals.
Objectives: 1.To assess emotional intelligence among students of professional colleges. 2. To compare the level of emotional intelligence among male and female students of professional colleges. 3. To compare the level of emotional intelligence among subjects from different professional colleges. 4. To associate the emotional intelligence with selected demographic variables among students of professional colleges.
Materials and methods: Research approach: Exploratory approach. Research design: Comparative Study. Population: Students of professional colleges. Sample: Professional college students from Wardha. Sample size: 300. Sampling technique: Convenience sampling technique
Results: Levels of emotional intelligence were seen into: below poor, average, good and excellent, 4% of mechanical professional students had average level of emotional intelligence, 44% had good and 52% had excellent level of emotional intelligence. Mean emotional intelligence score of the mechanical professional students were 222.81 ± 38.23. Emotional intelligence score of male students were higher 211.32 with SD of ±44.40 when compared with mean intelligence score of female professional students which was 209.46 with SD of ±33.86.
Conclusion: In this study, the emotional intelligence of male and female professional college students were compared in which male professional college students have higher emotional intelligence level than female professional college students.
Key words: Compare, emotional, intelligence, professional, college, students.