Page No: 270-276
Anshu Sharma, and Sumnima Rai
Sikkim University
The aim of the study is to find the relationship between metacognitive awareness,
personality, emotional intelligence and self-esteem. Understanding the impact of
emotional intelligence, personality and self-esteem on metacognition will help in planning
future interventions. For the purpose of the study 100 students (undergraduate,
postgraduate, Mphil, PhD) were selected according to the purpose and convenience of
the researcher. Participants completed four sets of questionnaire- Metacognitive
Awareness Inventory, Big Five Inventory-10, Brief Emotional Intelligence Scale- 10 and
Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. The study adopted the quantitative research methods
approach that concurrently integrated procedures in the collection, analysis and
interpretation of the data. Result of the study shows that there is a positive correlation
between metacognitive awareness, personality, emotional intelligence and self-esteem.
There is a positive significant mediation of self-esteem on metacognitive awareness
and emotional intelligence whereas weak moderation of personality on metacognitive
awareness and emotional intelligence is observed