Emotional Intelligence and Achievement Motivation among College Students

AIM Emotional intelligence is the ability to perceive emotions, to access and generate emotions so as to assist thought, to understand emotions and emotional knowledge, and to reflectively regulate emotions so as to promote emotional and intellectual growth Mayer andamp Salovey, 1997 .Achievement Motivation typically refers to the level of ones motivation to engage in achievement behavior based on such parameters as need for achievement, expectancy for success, and the incentive value of success Jackson, Ahmed and amp Heapy, 1976 . The present study is aimed to investigate emotional Intelligence and achievement motivation among college students. METHOD The study was done on 100 College students out of 50 males and 50 females were selected through purposive sampling technique. Emotional Intelligence quotient scale Dr Dalip singh Dr NK Chadha, 2003 and Ray's Achievement Motivation scale John Ray, 1990 were used to collect data. Data were analyzed by using mean, S. D, independent sample t test, pearson product moment correlation RESULT Results of study showed that there is no significant difference in the level of Emotional Intelligence among college students across their gender. There is no significant difference in the Achievement motivation among college students based on their gender. There is no significant relationship between Emotional intelligence and Achievement motivation among college students. Shibila Sabir | Sannet Thomas "Emotional Intelligence and Achievement Motivation among College Students" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-6 , October 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd33657.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/psychology/33657/emotional-intelligence-and-achievement-motivation-among-college-students/shibila-sabir