EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN RELATION TO HOME ENVIRONMENT AND PERSONALITY OF ADOLESCENTS

Abstract

The present investigation endeavored  to assess the level of emotional intelligence of adolescents, and  to study the influence of home environment, personality and their interaction on emotional intelligence of adolescents. A sample of 300 adolescents was randomly selected from various secondary schools of state Haryana. Data analysis revealed  level of emotional intelligence of adolescents was moderate;  significant independent effect of home environment and personality on emotional intelligence; and  significant two factor interactive effect of variables on emotional intelligence of adolescents.

Keywords

• Emotional Intelligence
• home environment
• personality
• adolescents

Kaynakça

1. Arati, C., & Prabha, R. C. (2004). Influence of family environment on emotional competence of adolescents. Journal of Community Guidance & Research. Vol. 21 No 2, pp 213-222.
2. Aziz, P. F. & Gupta, R. (2002). Introversion Extroversion Inventory. National
3. Psychological Corporation, Agra. Bar-On, R. (2001). Emotional Intelligence and self-actualization. In J. Ciarrochi, J. P.
4. Forgas & J. D. Mayer. (Eds.), Emotional intelligence in everyday life: A scientific inquiry. (pp. 82-97). Philadelphia: PA: Taylor &Francis. Baumrind, D. (1991). The influence of parenting style on adolescent competence and substance use. Journal of Early Adolescence,11(1),56-95.
5. Bharadwaj, R. & Sharma, A. (1995). Emotional competence among handicapped and non-handicapped children. Psychological Reviews. 44(9-10); 1-6.
6. Caldwell. B. M., & Bradley R. H. (1984). Home observation for measurement of the environment. Revised edition.Little Rock: University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
7. Chaturvedi, M. & Meghna, T. (2010). Family Environment and Emotional Intelligence.
8. Indian Journal of Social Science Researches Vol.7, No 2, 56-64. Clark, R. (1983). Family life and school achievement: Why poor black children succeed and fail. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press.

9. Cooper, R. K., & A. Sawaf. (1997). Executive EQ: Emotional intelligence in leadership and organisations. New York: Gosset and Putnam.
10. Dhoundyal, V. (1984). Home environment and emotional disturbance among adolescents. Indian Journal of Psychology 59 (1&2): 19-27.
11. Dornbusch, S. M., Ritter, P. L., Leiderman, P. H., Roberts, D. F.& Fraligh, M. J. (1987).
12. The relation of parenting style to adolescents school performance. Child Development, 58, 1244-1257.
13. Fitness, J. (2001).Emotional Intelligence and intimate relationship. In J. Ciarrochi, J. P.
14. Forgas, & J. D. Mayer (Eds) Emotional intelligence in everyday life: A scientific inquiry. (pp. 98-112). Philadalphia: Psychology Press. Goleman, D. (1995).Emotional intelligence, why it can matter more than IQ, New York Bantam Books.
15. Goleman, D. (1997). Emotional Intelligence.New York, Bantam Books.
16. Goleman, D. (1998).Working with emotional intelligence, New York: Bantam.
17. Hurlock, E. B. (1973). Adolescents Development, 4th edition Mc. Graw Hill, Inc. NewYork, pp. 22-40.
18. H. S., S & Betsur, N. C. (2010). Emotional Intelligence in relation to personality.
19. Psycho. Lingua 40 (1 & 2); 93-96. Höpfl, H., and Linstead, S. (1997). Learning to feel and feeling to learn: Emotion and learning in organizations. Management Learning, 28 (1), 5-12.
20. Jadhav, N. S. (2010). Relationship between home environment and emotional maturity of college going students of Belgaum District. International Research Journal , Vol.1 issue 13.
21. Kaushik, N. & Rani, S. (2005). A comparative study of achievement motivation, home environment and parent child relationship of adolescents. Journal of Psychological Researches. Vol.49, No. 2, 89-94.
22. Kopp, C. B. (1989). Regulation of distress and negative emotions: A developmental view. Developmental Psychology; 25: 343-354
23. Lamborn,S. Mounts,N., Steinberg,L.,Dornbusch,S.(1991). Patterns of competence and adjustment among adolescents from authoritative, authoritarian, indulgent, neglectful homes. Child Development, 62, 1049-1065.
24. Luther, M. (2002). Self perceived emotional intelligence and creative personality.
25. Imagination, Cognition & Personality. 21, 293-309. Mangal, S. K., & Mangal, S. (2004). Mangal Emotional Intelligence Inventory. National
26. Psychological Corporation, Agra. Martinez, M. N. (1997). The smarts that count. HR Magazine, 42 (11): 72–8.
27. Mayer, J. D., Caruso, D. & Salovey, P. (1999). Emotional intelligence meets traditional standards for intelligence. Intelligence, 27, 262-298.
28. Mishra, K.S. (1989). Home Environment inventory. Ankur psychological Agency, Lucknow.
29. Mohsin,S.M. (1960). A measure of emotional maturity. Psychological Studies. 5 (2) 78
30. Navaro, L. (1992). How to communicate with child. (Ana-Baba Okulu). s. 129, Istanbul: Remzi Pub.
31. Nalanda, R. K. & Chawla. (2000). Does emotional intelligence meet traditional standard for an intelligence? Some new data and conclusions. Emotion, 1196-1231.
32. Palmer, B., Walls, M., Bergess, Z. & Stough, C. (2002). Emotional intelligence and effective leadership. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 22, 5-11. ).
33. Sharma,S. (2009). A comparative study of Emotional Intelligence of senior secondary school boys and girls in relation to their Home Environment in Sirsa Distt. M. Ed.
34. Dissertation, M. D. University Rohtak, India. Sroufe,L.A. (1996) Emotional development: The organization of emotional life in the early years. Cambridge University press; New York.
35. Steinberg, L., Elmen, J. & Mounts, N. (1989). Authoritative Parenting, Psychosocial maturity and academic success among adolescents. Child Development. 60, 1424-1436.
36. Steiner, C. (1997). Achieving Emotional Literacy. London: Bloomsbury.