Emotional Stability of Residential Secondary School Students in Relation to their Social Intelligence

Abstract

Education and intelligence are well connected and are inseparable components of each other. The former is not possible without the latter. Thus a careful consideration regarding the emotional stability in education with reference to the learner’s intelligence particularly in the wider social context is crucial for decision making. The emotional stability makes the learning pattern simple or complex. The main purpose of this research was to study the emotional stability and social intelligence in students of secondary school. The researcher selected 100 residential secondary school students of south Delhi for the present study. Emotional Stability scale developed and standardized by PSY-COM SERVICES (1995) and Social intelligence scale developed and standardized by Dr. S. Mathur (2007) were administered on the students. The study revealed that there exists high positive relationship between emotional satiability and social intelligence of residential secondary school students. There is no significant difference between emotional stability of boys and girls of residential secondary school students. There is significant difference between social intelligence of boys and girls of residential secondary school students. There is no effect of high and low emotional stability on the social intelligence of residential secondary school students