Emotional Intelligence Among School Teachers in Nazareth, Thoothukudi District, Tamilnadu, South India

Abstract

In recent years, there has been an increased interest in studying both the academic success of teachers and their emotional adjustment in schools. The pressure on teachers to produce cent percent result in board examinations places tremendous pressure and load on the teachers’ shoulders. Unless the teachers have the skills to manage their emotions, they cannot excel in their duties (Jana, M. G., 2003). Like Intelligence Quotient (IQ), Emotional Quotient (EQ)/Emotional Intelligence (EI) has become a separate avenue in the field of Psychology (Usha, P. & Rekha. 2009) and this study is an attempt to exhibit the level of Emotional Intelligence (EI) of teachers from primary to higher secondary schools and to analyse the relationship between the profile variables and the level of emotional intelligence among the teachers. All the teachers residing in Nazareth form the population of the study. The stratified random sampling was adopted and 120 teachers were chosen as samples for the study. It is revealed that majority of the teachers are having an average level of emotional intelligence. The study also revealed that the there is significant relationship between the number of earning members in the family and Emotional Intelligence level and there is a significant increase in the percentages of respondents in the above average Emotional Intelligence level from one earning member families to more than three earning member families. The study also reveals that there is a significant relationship between the income of the spouse of the teachers and their Emotional Intelligence level.