Emotional Intelligence and Mental Health Behaviour Among Working and Non-Working Women

Abstract

The purpose of the current study was to ascertain if hiring women had a positive effect on adverse psychological outcomes like aggression and emotional control. Previous studies have shown that working women tend to lessen the negative effects of violence and positively control their emotions. Rather than geography, the degree of this influence is determined by factors including the nature of the employment, socio-cultural context, and personal characteristics. For this, purpose 75 working women and 75 non-working of different area of Bihar were purposively selected and they were administered Mental health Scale developed by Talesara & Bano, (2017) and Schutte et al. (1998) SSEIT scale were used. t – test were applied to analyze the data. The findings indicate that working women achieved a considerably higher score in emotional intelligence compared to non-working women. The mental health behaviour of working women was much higher than that of non-working women. A significant positive correlation found between emotional intelligence and mental health of both working and non-working women.   Non-employed women had a much higher average score compared to employed women. The study indicated that employment enables working women to reassess their emotional experiences and regulate the suppression of their emotions more effectively compared to non-working women.