Measuring Emotional Intelligence of Students of Valsad District (rural) Located in Gujarat State . Presented ByAsst. Prof.

Dhimen Jani Dhiru-Sarla Inst. Of Mgt. & Comm., Valsad

Abstract
Many times it has been observed that, people with high I.Q. often failed to cope-up with the circumstances which had triggered the need of something else called Emotional Intelligence Success not just depends on I.Q. (intelligence quotient) but also on E.Q. (emotional quotient) E.Q. is the ability to understand nature and felling of others as well as own. Research has suggested that to be successful in life E.Q. is equal or even more important than I.Q. The study intended to identify E.Q. of students across Valsad District. The data was collected during Dec.12/Jan.13. For examination Emotional Intelligence Test developed by Dr. N.K. Chadha (1998) was applied. Data were analyzed by T-test in the emotional intelligence of male and female student. The result revealed that there is no significant difference in emotional intelligence of male and female category of students of Valsad District. (Rural) Key Words Emotional Intelligence, Demographical Factor, Gender

Introduction
Quite often, we have heard about Intelligence Quotient (IQ), I.Q. For the past many years, it has been used to evaluate the employee at the organization and even student has to give IQ test to get admission in good school/college. Now the time has come up with new era of evaluation that is Emotional Quotient (EQ). 1N.H. Frijda, Emotions are intense feelings that are directed at someone or something. Nowadays, good level of EQ is relatively important besides IQ. Edward L. Thorndike stated social intelligence as The ability to understand and manage men and women, boys and girls- to act wisely in human relations.

Emotional Intelligence
Goleman in his book Emotional Intelligence in 1955. He found five broad dimensions of emotional intelligence, they are as follows. Self awareness The ability to recognize ones emotions as well its effect on those around us. Self-regulation The ability to control ones impulsive judgment and reaction. Self motivation The ability to pursue goals persistently as a higher calling and not for money or status alone. Empathy The ability to empathize with emotional state of others and respond accordingly. Social Skills The ability to network and build rapport with others.

Research Design
This research is Analytical type of research. It is intended towards identification of emotional intelligence of rural students of Valsad District. The survey was conducted of 200 students from different stream i.e. science, arts, commerce, management etc. out of which four response-sheet was found invalid. Literature Review Many researches has been carried out to identify differences in EI between both Gender (e.g. Tapai, 1998; Sutarso 1998; Bar-On, 2000; Mayer, et al. 2000; Zeidner, et al. 2001 etc.) The foundation of the emotional learning process is a positive assessment of thirteen emotional skills organized around four key competencies (Nelson and Low 1999, 2003). Leading educators have identified and emphasized the importance of a healthy school Climate for student learning and achievement (Goodlad, 1983; McQuary, 1983).

Limitation of study The study is limited to 200 respondents only, from surrounding regional rural areas of Valsad District located in Gujarat. The findings of research may not apply to the Gujarat state or the country. The evaluation of responses is mostly subjective by author. Objectives of Research To find out the level of emotional intelligence of a sample of college students in valsad district. To identify whether emotional intelligence of male and female student differ significantly Hypothesis Development H1: There is insignificant difference between emotional intelligence score of male and female students of valsad district. (Rural) Source of Data Primary data is collected through structured questionnaire. Secondary data is collected through various research reports and books Data collection Method Primary data is collected through structured questionnaire by face to face interview. While secondary data is collected from various websites, research reports and various books of organization behavior.

Sampling Plan Population Valsad District Sampling Unit Student of various Streams Sampling Method Convenient sampling Sample size 200 Valid Responses 196 Analytical Tools Applied Microsoft Excel 2007 Statistical tools & techniques applied There are several techniques available to analyze data and to draw a conclusion. For this purpose ttest (independent sample) is used to judge the phenomena.

Results and Discussion

The findings as shown in table no.1 (t= 0.0061, df= 196, p<0.01 and p<0.05) indicates there is no significant association between the obtained scores of male and female students.
TABLE NO. 1 MEAN, S.D., AND T-VALUE OF BOTH CATEGOIES (BASED ON EQ TEST)

Gender

Number

Mean

S.D.

t - Value Level of Sign. Null Hypothesis 1% (2.58) Accepted

Female Male

98 98

211.98 198.41

36.1821 32.241 0.006 5% (1.96) Accepted

 The result of present study which aimed to investigate whether there is any gender based difference in emotional intelligence of students of valsad district. The findings suggested that there is insignificant difference between gender based scores of students of valsad district. This clearly indicates that the null hypothesis (H0) is accepted. However, it is quite opposite of the earlier findings; Goleman (1998) found that women are slightly superior to men in perceiving emotions has been know through test of non-verbal perception. However, the amount research on EQ specifically conducted for rural students is very low. Further research can be done to identify why there is not much difference in EQ of both students.