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@article{190928,
        author = {LATIKA GOEL},
        title = {A STUDY OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, SELF-ESTEEM AND STRESS AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {8},
        pages = {5364-5425},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=190928},
        abstract = {The college and society on students to achieve higher and higher percentage of marks, grads and career have given rise many difficulties and problems in college students. The pressures put by the parents, as a result they are caught in difficulties. These factors work adversely on the physical and more frequently on mental health of the college students. The present study was undertaken keeping these conditions in mind. Hence, the emotional intelligence, self-esteem and stress their relations in science, commerce and social science college students were systematically measured and compared. Additionally the relationships of emotional intelligence and self-esteem, emotional intelligence and stress and self-esteem and stress with each other in science, commerce and social science college students separately and combining were also studied. For this, purpose 50 science, 50 commerce and 50 social science college students college students of Delhi were availability selected and they were administered emotional intelligence scale (The Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test), Self-esteem scale and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) ANOVA and Pearson’s product moment were applied to analyze the data. The results as follows: Significant difference between mean emotional intelligence scores of science, commerce and social science college students was obtained. While for significant difference between mean self-esteem scores of science, commerce and social science college students was obtained. Similarly, a significant difference between mean stress scores of science, commerce and social science college students was obtained. Significant negative relationship between emotional intelligence and self-esteem of science, commerce and social science college students was obtained. Significant negative relationship between emotional intelligence and stress of science, commerce and social science college students was work out. Significant positive relationship between emotional intelligence and self-esteem of science, commerce and social science college students was work out.The study aims in making the college students aware of the various stressors and the different coping strategies that can help them deal with the stress in a better way, and thus maintaining, keeping up their emotional intelligence and self-esteem. The review concludes with a summary of major research findings, as well as a consideration of future directions and implications for practice and policy.},
        keywords = {Emotional Intelligence Self- esteem, Stress, College Students.},
        month = {January},
        }