Emotional Intelligence, Interpersonal Relationship and Psychological Wellbeing among Schedule Caste/ Schedule Tribe College Students

Abstract

The Scheduled Caste (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are various officially designated groups of historically disadvantaged indigenous people in India. They are treated with hatred hostility and horrendously in the past and still atrocities are reported in the national media. Present study is an attempt to understand the psychological aspects of Emotional intelligence, interpersonal relationship and psychological wellbeing among SC/ ST college students and non-SC/ST college students to understand the status of their mental health in the age of development. Aim of the study is to elucidate Emotional Intelligence, Interpersonal relationship and Psychological wellbeing among SC/ST College students. A comparative survey on 140 SC/ST and general category college students from Mysore and the backward areas like Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka using Sociodemographic datasheet Carol Ryff’s Scales of Psychological Well-Being (1995), Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS; Hyde, Pethe and Dhar; 2002) Fundamental Interpersonal Relations orientation –Behavior (FIRO-B, Schutz, William C, 1958) showed significant differences between the groups in emotional intelligence aspects.