A Study on Emotional Competence among College Students

Abstract

This paper is aimed to report the findings of a study done on emotional Competence among college students in Tiruchirappalli city. The data were collected from 408 undergraduate college students studying in leading college in Tiruchirappalli. A questionnaire consisted of general information and Emotional Competence Scale was used collect the data from them. The final data were analyze and it was found out that the level of perception of emotional competence, emotional sensitivity, emotional insulation and emotional withdrawal among the students are not equal and high. There is no significant difference in the perception of emotional competence among the students exist based on their domicile of the students. But there are significant difference found in emotional sensitivity, emotional insulation and emotional withdrawal among students based on their gender and stream of study. Further it was observed that there is significant correlation among these emotional discontent factors among the students

Keywords: Emotional Competence, Emotional Sensitivity, Emotional Insulation, Emotional Withdrawal and College Students.