Volume : 9, Issue : 3, MAR 2023

DRA ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES

ACADEMIC STRESS IN RELATION TO EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AMONG RURAL AND URBAN ADOLESCENTS

DR. VARSHA, DR. MANISH JAIPAL

Abstract

This paper examines the relationship of Emotional Intelligence and Academic stress among rural and urban adolescents. 320 adolescents between the age group of 13-16 years, 160 rural and 160 urban including (80 boys and 80 girls) from Jodhpur district were selected randomly to know the relationship between the academic stress and emotional intelligence. Academic Anxiety Scale by A.K. Singh and A. Sen Gupta and Emotional Quotient Test by Dalip Singh and N. K. Chadda were used. The result of the present study indicates that private boys show very low positive correlation while girls show low negative correlation. Urban private school boys show very low negative correlations and girls show positive correlation except for emotional intelligence which is low negative.

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