Page No 180-188
Arnisha Aman, Madalaimuthu Anthony and Divya Sundaram
CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru
The transitioning period between adolescence to young adulthood with adaptation to
the social environment is determined by an individual’s capacity to segregate emotions
from one’s perspective and yet be high on self-esteem through maintaining a positive
self-regard for oneself and towards others. The present study focused on understanding
the relationship between emotional intelligence and self-esteem among young adults.
This study recruited 134 young adults under 18-25 years to investigate the relationship
between the two constructs and identify a gender difference between them. Schutte’s
Emotional Intelligence Scale (1998) and Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale (1979) were
used to assess the constructs. The results showed a significant positive relationship
between the perception of emotion and the management of others’ emotions with selfesteem (r = 0.182, 0.195, p < 0.05). No significant difference was found in emotional
intelligence and self-esteem based on gender. This finding is in contrast to gender
opinion on gender difference in self esteem. Larger studies can be conducted to explore
further as these various have impact on further psychosocial development of young
adults.