A study of subjective wellbeing in relation to emotional intelligence and locus of control among officers of Haryana Police

Abstract

A study was conducted on 967 police personnel of Haryana Police at Faridabad where three questionnaires were answered by them pertaining to Subjective Well-Being, Emotional Intelligence and Locus of Control.The results indicated that there was a significant correlation between Wellbeing and Emotional Intelligence, r = .729, p < .01, there was a significant correlation between Wellbeing and Internal Locus of Control, r = .299, p < .01 and there was a significant correlation between Wellbeing and External Locus of Control, r = .288, p < .01. With respect to the demographic of age, there is a non significant correlation between Age and Wellbeing of r = -0.44 (p = n.s.), there is a non significant correlation between Age and Emotional Intelligence of r = .030 (p = .360), there is a non significant correlation between Age and Internal Locus of Control of r = -.029 (p = n.s.) and there is a non significant correlation between Age and External Locus of Control of r = -.009 (p = n.s.). On Gender, no significant difference was found across variables.Across types of schooling, both Emotional Intelligence and Well-Being were found to be significant higher in Urban schooling as compared to Rural schooling.