A Study On The Relationship Between Adaptive Behaviour And Emotional Intelligence Of College Girls Students

Abstract

The present investigation has been undertaken in order to study the relationship between adaptive behaviour and emotional intelligence of college girls students. Adaptive Behaviour Scale (ABS) constructed and validated by the Investigator (2019) and Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS) constructed and standardized by Anukool Hyde, Sanjyot Pethe and Upinder Dhar (2001) have been administered to a  sample of 600 college girls students in Pudhucherry Region, India. The statistical techniques used to analyse the  data were descriptive, differential and correlation analysis. Findings revealed that the adaptive behaviour is average and high emotional intelligence of college girls students. It is found that college girls students do not differ significantly in adaptive behaviour in respect of type of college and they differ significantly in adaptive behaviour in respect of medium of study. It is found that college girls students differ significantly in emotional intelligence in respect of type of college and they do not differ significantly in emotional intelligence in respect of medium of study. It is found that there is a positive and significant relationship between adaptive behaviour and emotional intelligence of college girls students.