Assessment of Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Maturity of Undergraduate Students

This study endeavours to assess emotional intelligence and emotional maturity of undergraduate students. Data was collected from 187 students who were randomly selected as a sample of the study from four degree colleges in Sikkim by administering two psychological tools: Emotional Intelligence Test (REIT) and Emotional Maturity Scale (EMS). Collected data were analysed on Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) 16.0. The study found that a large number of students belong to normal range in emotional intelligence; the majority of undergraduate students are extremely unstable in emotional maturity scale; a perfect positive correlation was found between emotional intelligence and emotional maturity of undergraduate students. In addition, this paper has attempted to give some suggestions as well.