Personality Dimensions, Emotional Intelligence and Adjustment among Young Adults

Abstract

The study is about personality dimensions, emotional intelligence and adjustment among young adults. The total number of sample is 200. For the present study use, random sampling method. The aim of the study is to relationship between personality dimensions, emotional intelligence and adjustment among young adults. The objectives of the study are to find out if there is any relationship and gender difference between personality dimensions, emotional intelligence and adjustment among young adults. The result of the study can be concluded that there is a significant gender difference in total adjustment. The total adjustment is high in females. In the variable agreeableness, a significant gender difference was noted Agreeableness is high in females. The result shows that adjustment has significant correlation between all the personality factors. There is a significant positive correlation between emotional intelligence and agreeableness and no correlation with any other personality dimension. Personality dimension of extraversion has appositive correlation with agreeableness and openness to experience and negative correlation with neuroticism. Agreeableness has positive correlation with Conscientiousness and Openness to experience and negative correlation with neuroticism. Conscientiousness has positive correlation with openness to experience and negative correlation with neuroticism. Neuroticism has negative correlation with openness to experience. All personality factors are correlated to each other except extraversion and Conscientiousness.