Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 2

An Interaction Effect of Emotional Intelligence & Gender on Student's Adaptation to College Environment

1Research Scholar, Faculty of Management Sciences, IBCS, SOA University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

2Assitant Professor, Faculty of Management Sciences, IBCS, SOA University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Online published on 11 April, 2017.

Abstract

The present research focuses to find out the effect of emotional intelligence (EI), gender & their interaction on overall students adaptation & it's dimension separately. It was found that EI significantly influenced overall student adaptation & each dimension of adaptation. Gender had no significant influence on adaptation of students. Interaction effect of EI & gender on student adaptation could not be found for both academic & personal emotional dimensions. The output of this particular study is expected to help the technical undergraduates who are struggling hard to get adjusted to their college environment.

Keywords

Emotional intelligence (EI), students environment