Role of Emotional Intelligence on Aggression among College students

  • Unique Paper ID: 152244
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 2
  • PageNo: 734-738
  • Abstract:
  • the present study was conducted to examine the Emotional Intelligence and Aggression among college students in Malappuram district of Kerala. Data was randomly collected from 32 adolescents from various Government, Private and Co-operative Colleges. Emotional intelligence (EI) relies on the concept of understanding one’s own emotion and also the emotions of others. Aggression is characterised by harmful and destructive behaviour against others. During this study the target was to review the role of emotional intelligence on adolescents’ aggression and also a gender difference in emotional intelligence and aggression of adolescents. In 1992,Buss and Perry's was developed aggression scale and was used to assess aggression.In 1971, Anukool Hyde, Sanjyo Pathe, and Upinder Dhar was developed emotional intelligence scale and was used to measure emotional intelligence of adolescents.It had been found that there exists a huge difference between the degree of emotional intelligences (HEI, MEI & LEI) on aggression of adolescent girls as compared to adolescent boys. Boys were discovered to be more aggressive, while girls were discovered to be emotionally intelligent. Emotional intelligence has no effect on the extent of violence in boys. Other factors (peer pressure, media violence, and drug impact, for example) also can play an area within the event of aggression.

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  • ISSN: 2349-6002
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 2
  • PageNo: 734-738

Role of Emotional Intelligence on Aggression among College students

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