Emotional Intelligence and Resilience of Higher Secondary School Students

Abstract

Emotional intelligence is the ability to perceive, interpret, demonstrate, control, evaluate, and use emotions to communicate with and relate to others effectively and constructively. This ability to express and control emotions is essential, but so is the ability to understand, interpret, and respond to the emotions of others. Some experts suggest that emotional intelligence is more important than IQ for success in life. The better emotional intelligence level of students can reduce the stress related problems in their academic matters to a good extent. When we are faced with a crisis or problem, it can be easy to get overwhelmed by things that feel far beyond our control. Instead of wishing there was some way to go back in time or change things, it can be helpful to try focusing on what we can directly impact. This is the core point of resilience. Parents, teachers and other elders encourage children to develop this by talking about their situation and helping them make a plan for how they can react. Fortunately, resilience is something that people can build in themselves. People with higher emotional intelligence tend to have more positive mood, higher self-esteem, and can more effectively recover from negative experiences. Higher EI is related to greater resilience in the face of distress. The present paper focuses to explore the relationship between emotional intelligence and resilience in higher secondary school students.