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Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
This study aims to explore the identity development and emotional intelligence of urban and rural PUC students from Dharwad and Tanakpur respectively and also interrelationship between their identity development and emotional intelligence. The subjects were urban and rural PUC students in the age group of 16-18 years who were randomly selected from four science coaching institutes of Dharwad taluk and three science coaching institutes of Tanakpur taluk respectively. Sample selection included random selection of 10 to 15 per cent students from each class (PUC-I and PUC-II) which consisted of total 592 students out of which 312 students from Dharwad and 280 students from Tanakpur science coaching institutes. PUC students were assessed on identity development and emotional intelligence by using standardized scale that is, Baron Emotional Quotient-inventory developed by Bar-On and Parker (2000) and Dimensions of Identity Development Scale developed by Luyckx et al., (2008). The results of the present study revealed a significant association between identity development of Dharwad and Tanakpur PUC students from both urban and rural areas where, majority of Dharwad students (61.25 %) from urban area were in an average level of identity development while, majority from Tanakpur (61.18 %) were in high level of identity development. Among rural PUC students, more than half of Dharwad (51.97 %) and Tanakpur (53.08 %) PUC students were in low and high level of identity development respectively. maximum percentage of both urban and rural PUC students from Dharwad and Tanakpur were in medium level of all emotional intelligence dimensions and total emotional intelligence and also, a highly significant positive correlation was found between identity development and emotional intelligence of PUC students. It can be concluded that identity development and emotional intelligence plays an important role in adolescents life and are highly interrelated with each other.