Emotional Intelligence as A Function of Gender and Culture

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate emotional intelligence as a function of gender and culture. Total 600 students (300 boys and 300 girls) of 10th class were taken, from two types of cultures, (i.e. tribal and non-tribal) and administered Emotional Intelligence Scale of Meharchandani, Singh and Verma (2014). MANOVA results demonstrate that boys scored higher on self regulation and social awareness dimension of emotional intelligence than girls. Non-tribal students scored higher on self motivation while tribal students were higher on social awareness than their counterpart cultural group. Interaction effect was found to be significant in the cases self awareness, self regulation, social skill, and social awareness, dimensions of emotional intelligence