Emotional intelligence of young working adults

Emotional intelligence is the ability to recognize one’s own and other people’s emotions to discriminate between different feelings and label them appropriately and to use emotional information to guide thinking and behavior. Emotional intelligence plays a significant role in personal life as well as professional success. The present study was undertaken to find out the level of emotional intelligence of young working adults. A total sample of 200 working adults were selected from Jorhat town. A standardized structured questionnaire named “Emotional Quotient Test” (EQ Test) developed by Chadha and Singh (2003) was administered to assess emotional intelligence. The study revealed that majority of the respondents (76.5%) had high level of emotional intelligence. Few of them (5.5%) had moderate level of emotional intelligence and none of the respondents were found to have low level of emotional intelligence. It was found that more than half of the respondents had high level of emotional competency (51.5%) while majority of the respondents were found to have moderate level of emotional sensitivity (51.5%) and emotional maturity (68.5%).