Page No.60-67
V. Vineeth Kumar Manju Mehta and Nidhi Maheshwari
Manav Rachna International University, University of Rajasthan, Defence Institute of Psychological
Faridabad Jaipur Research, Delhi
The raison d’être of the present study is to understand the effect of emotional
intelligence (EI) on the achievement motivation, psychological adjustment and
scholastic performance of secondary school students. For this study, a sample of
450 urban male students of the tenth standard from Jaipur district were studied
using Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS) by Hyde, Pethe and Dhar, Achievement
Value and Anxiety Inventory (AVAI) by Mehta and Adjustment Inventory for School
Students (AISS) by Sinha and Singh. In addition, the total percentage of marks
achieved by these students in the tenth standard board exams conducted by the
Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan, was taken as the index of their scholastic
performance. Results revealed a significant effect of EI on the achievement motivation
and educational adjustment of students. However, EI did not have a significant effect
on the emotional adjustment, social adjustment and scholastic performance of
students