Comparison on Emotional Intelligence and Global adjustment among Rural and Urban College Students

Abstract

Introduction: The present study is to understand the difference between emotional intelligence and global adjustment of rural and urban students. Emotional Intelligence is the ability to understand one’s own emotions and others emotions. Emotional intelligence will help to identify the emotions effectively to control ones thinking and actions in any situation.  Global Adjustment refers to the overall adjustment of how people interact and adapt to any situations. The adjustment may also be referred to as the adequacy of the personal and interpersonal processes that we use to adapt or tackle to any environment. Methods: For this purpose, the total sample collected was 310 (Young adult) between the age of 18-24 years. Emotional Intelligence Scale by Singh (2004) and the Global Adjustment Scale GAS-S by Sanjay Vohra (1994) was used for data collection. A purposive sampling technique was used for the study. The obtained data were analyzed using independent sample t-test and Descriptive statistics such as Mean (M), Standard Deviation (SD) by SPSS version 20. Result: The result of the study shows that there is no significant difference between urban and rural students on emotional intelligence. There is no significant difference between urban and rural students on global adjustment. But out of six dimensions, two dimensions are found to have significant differences, namely college and sex adjustments of urban and rural students. Conclusion: The finding of the study will be useful to understand the difference between urban and rural emotional intelligence and global adjustment.