International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 4

Psychological correlates for sustainability

  • Author:
  • H. Sylaja, S.S. Akhil
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 751 to 758

*Professor and Head, Department of Psychology, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, India

**M.Phil student, Department of Psychology, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, India

Online published on 12 July, 2019.

Abstract

This study try to establish emotional intelligence, social intelligence and creativity as mental sustainability and examines relationship between emotional intelligence, social intelligence and creativity among young adults with high education. The problem of the study is stated as “Psychological correlates for sustainability. The sample size was determined by purposive sampling method (n=100). In this study three standard questionnaires of emotional intelligence, social intelligence and creativity respectively were used. The findings indicated that there was a significant moderate and negative correlation between emotional intelligence and social intelligence, no significant correlation between emotional intelligence and creativity, and significant moderate positive correlation between social intelligence and creativity of the participants.

Keywords

Creativity, Emotional intelligence, Social intelligence, Young adult students, sustainability