Indian Journal of Positive Psychology

Saima Hafiz ¹, Meenakshi Chouhan ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab
2 Department of Psychology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, IN

Abstract

The present study intends to investigate the impact of emotional intelligence on life satisfaction among university employees in which each group is divided in to high and low group. A sample of 40 employees (20 males and 20 females) in the age group of 25-50yrs, was taken from the central university of Jammu and were administered the emotional intelligence scale by Singh and life satisfaction scale by Diener, Emmans, Larsen, and Griffen (1985). A 2×2 ANOVA was used for data analysis. The results revealed that those who scored higher on emotional intelligence have higher life satisfaction than the low scorers. Moreover the results reported that the main effect of gender on life satisfaction was also significant, i.e., males scored higher on life satisfaction scale than females. The interactive effect of gender and emotional intelligence on life satisfaction was statistically non-significant.

Keywords

Emotional Intelligence, Life Satisfaction, Gender, University Employees.

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Rupan Dhillon ¹, Saima Hafiz ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, IN

Abstract

Migration is the process of social change whereby an individual moves from one cultural setting to another for the purposes of settling down either permanently or for a prolonged period. When migration takes place, a sense of hopelessness and helplessness is developed which leads to depressive effect. If there is a discrepancy between what the migrants expect and what they get, then it will lead to dejection and it may leave the person psychologically vulnerable. In this study, the differences in the social support networks of migrant adolescents, their personality traits and their family environments are studied and are compared with non migrant adolescents. It is hypothesized that there will be significant differences between migrants and non migrants on the variables of social support, personality and family environment. A total number of 400 participants were collected for the study. There are 200 migrants and 200 non migrants in the sample. The group taken is 14-19 years. There are equal number of males and females in the sample. The migrants are taken from the schools situated in migrant camps from Kashmir. The psychological tools used are Family Environment Scale (Moos & Moos, 1986); NEO-Five Factor Inventory (Costa & McCrae, 2003); and Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (Cohen & Hoberman, 1983). t ratios are used to study the differences between both the groups of migrants and non migrants. Their differences will be analyzed and elucidated.

Keywords

Personality, Social Support, Family Environment, Migrants.

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