EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE OF ADOLESCENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR FAMILY CLIMATE

Emotional development in children and adolescents stems from their interactions at home with parents and
siblings. Parent-child interaction and parent’s way to deal with their children/develop certain attitude among children,
which govern their relationships and interactions at home and outside. The present study was undertaken to study the
emotional intelligence of adolescents in relation to their family climate. The sample consisted of 200 students of IX class
both male and female adolescents from private as well as government schools of Amritsar district only. The findings of
the study revealed: i) There exists no significant difference between the emotional intelligence of boys and girls
adolescents. ii) There exists no significant difference between the family climate of boys and girls adolescents. iii) There
exists positive and significant correlation between the family climate and emotional intelligence of adolescents.