Relationship between anxiety and emotional intelligence among professional and non-professional college students

Abstract

Anxiety becomes a struggling phobia for students if they do not overcome from its negative perception. Positive perceptions towards anxiety help them to improve performance on exams and make decisions in their life. Emotional intelligence plays a key role in an individual’s life to deal with emotions by knowing and regulating them. The present study investigated the relationship between anxiety and emotional intelligence among professional and non-professional students.  This study conducted on 100 college students (50 professional and 50 non-professional students) through simple random sampling method. Zung’s Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and The Schutte Self-report Emotional Intelligence Test (SSEIT, 1998) were used respectively. The results revealed that there is significant difference in anxiety as well as emotional intelligence between professional and non-professional college students. It was found that there is no significant difference in anxiety as well as emotional intelligence between male and female students. There is a significant negative correlation between anxiety and emotional intelligence among professional and non-professional college students.