Emotional intelligence and its association with psychological well-being: an empirical study concerning B-school students in and around Hyderabad Metro

Abstract

This paper presents the results of General Linear Model on the association between Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Well-being in B-school students in and around Hyderabad Metro, India. The study was carried out using two standardized questionnaires – a 30-item modified version of Emotional Intelligence scale developed by Kalpana Sri et al., and 18-item Psychological Well-being Scale developed by Carol Ryff. The General Linear Model multivariate analysis was used to study the effect of emotional intelligence variables – self-awareness, managing emotions, motivating oneself, empathy and social skill on psychological well-being variables self-acceptance, environmental mastery, autonomy, personal growth, positive relations with others, and purpose life. Survey Instrument was developed and circulated online across various channels like emails, Whatsapp, LinkedIn to collected data. The questionnaire link was shared to more than 300 B-School students in and around Hyderabad Metro. One hundred and ninety eight valid responses were subjected to data analysis to measure the association between emotional intelligence and psychological well-being. The instrument's reliability was assessed by measuring Cronbach’s alpha values which ranged from 0.65-0.81. The General Linear Model results indicate statistically significant effect of emotional intelligence factors on total on psychological well-being; managing emotions (p<0.05), motivating oneself (p<0.05), Empathy (p<0.001), social skill (p<0.001. There were statistically significant age differences observed (p<0.05) with the whole model. Further, the General Linear Model analysis carried out a distinct analysis of variance for each of the dependable variables with each independent variable. The emotional intelligence factors self-awareness, empathy and social skills are statistically significant and influencing the psychological well-being of B-school students. There were no statistically significant gender differences observed, however, the age is statistically significant and influencing, psychological well-being factors, purpose of life, personal relations with others and autonomy (p<0.05). The multivariate statistic Partial Eta Squared with a multivariate variance of the dependent variables and associated group factors are reported. The findings of this study indicate a statistically significant positive association between and psychological well-being, suggesting that emotional intelligence is a predictor of psychological well-being among B-school students round Hyderabad Metro.