Emotional Intelligence of Adolescences in Relation to Gender and Area of Residence

Abstract

The main purpose of this research it is to study the emotional intelligence of adolescence with regards to their gender and area of residence. For the present research 50 male urban adolescence, 50 male rural male adolescence, 50 female urban adolescence and 50 female rural adolescence were randomly selected from the urban and rural area of the Ahmedabad city. Emotional Intelligence Scale by A. K. Singh and Shruti Narain was used for data collection. To analyzed the data ‘t’ test was used Results indicate that Significant difference was found between male and female adolescences with regards to their emotional intelligence. Female adolescences have better Emotional Intelligence than male adolescences. Significant difference was found between urban and rural adolescences with regards to their emotional intelligence. Rural adolescences have better Emotional Intelligence than urban adolescences. Significant difference was found between urban male and urban female adolescences with regards to their emotional intelligence. Urban female adolescences have better Emotional Intelligence than urban male adolescences. Significant difference was found between rural male and rural female adolescences with regards to their emotional intelligence. Rural female adolescences have better Emotional Intelligence than rural male adolescences.