Emotional Competence of Adolescents Who Live with Single Parent and Both Parent

Abstract

Emotional competence has a significant role in the psychological   well-being and adjustment and emotional competence is a core element of healthy personality. The aim of the present study is to compare and study the emotional competence of adolescents who live with both parents and single parent. The sample of the study includes 120 adolescents with an age range of 17-18 years. Emotional competence scale developed by Dr. Harish Sharma and Dr. Rajeev Lochan Bharadwaj (1995) was used in this study. students t test was used to analyse the data. Results indicate that Adolescents living with both parents have better emotional competence than adolescents living with single parent.