PSYCHOLOGY TEST

Analysis of the
Emotional Intelligence
Inventory

Emotional intelligence also called EI

describes on ability, capacity, or skill to
perceive, assess, and manage the emotions
of ones self, of others and groups. The term
emotional intelligence was coined by
Salovey and Mayer in 1990, but was
popularised by Daniel Goleman (1995)
through his book Emotional Intelligence.
Why it can matter more than IQ? According
to
Salovey
and
Mayer,
emotional
intelligence is a form of social intelligence
that involve the ability to monitor ones own
and others feeling and emotions, to
discriminate among them, and to use this

Emotional intelligence is the ability to

monitor ones own and others feeling and
emotions and the ability for self awareness,
managing emotions, motivating oneself,
empathy,
handling
relationship
and
enhancement of social well being. shortly,
emotional intelligence is the capacity to
understand emotional information and to
reason with emotions. It involves 4 abilities
1. The capacity to accurately perceive
emotions
2. The capacity to use emotions to facilitate
thinking
3. The capacity to understand emotional

The inventory has been designed for

adolescents of sixteen years or above of
schools. Emotional Intelligence is measured in
respect of four areas namely Intra personal
Awareness (knowing about ones own
emotions), Inter personal Awareness (knowing
about others emotions), Inter personal
Management (managing others emotions).
There are 25 item dealing with the four areas
mentioned above. All four areas contain five
items each.
The inventory shows a persons aver all
evaluations of his or her own worth. It is five
items one dimension. Answers are on a 5-

and emotional aspects.

Goleman defined emotional intelligence as the
capacity for recognizing our own feeling and
those of others, for motivating ourselves, and
for managing emotions well in ourselves and in
our relationship.

Analysis and
Discussion

The analysis of the answers of the

respondents is given in the table given below.
Emotional Intelligence Inventory

Number of
respondent

Intra personal
awareness
and
management

Inter
personal
awareness
and
managemen
t

Good
12

Good
6

Fair
4

Fair
10

By analysing the table, it can be said that the

students are more aware of their own
emotional status than the others. Most of the
students answered that they can understand
and mange their emotions. But they are not
much able to deal with others emotions.
Training programmes should be given to
adolescent students to make them aware of
Interpersonal management. The following piediagrams shows the analysis of the answers of
respondents

Intra Personal Awareness And Management

Good
Fair

Inter Personal Awareness and Management

Good
Fair

Emotional Intelligence
Completely true
Mostly True
Some what true
False Mostly
False Completely

1. I adjust my behaviour depending on who I am

interacting with (e.g. Calm and friendly with a child,
serious and professional with my boss, etc.)
2.I tend to post pone or avoid discussing touchy
topics

3. I find myself feeling nervous

about situations or
v
events, and i dont even know why.
4. If asked to list my top three strengths, i would
v
have hard time coming up with them.

5. I have certain compulsive habits that I just

cant seem to stop (e.g. Over reacting)
6. I like learning new things.
7.Once a pessimistic thought pops into my
head, its like a floodgate opens my
thoughts get more and more negative.
8. I am stubborn.
9. When something is bothering me, I can not
stop thinking about it

10. I am not satisfied with my work unless

someone else praises it.
11. I know which situations I can handle,
and which ones will take me out of my
emotional comfort zone

12. If the situation calls for it, I can be civil

to a person whom I really dislike(e.g. At a
get together of a mutual friend or a
business meeting)

13. When I need to do something difficult or

unpleasant, I find it hard to motivate myself to
get started.
14. I express my opinion even if theres a
good chance that other people will disagree
with me.
v

15.I know exactly where I want

to be 5 years
v
from now.
16.It takes a push from others to get me

16.It takes a push from others to get me

going
17. I am surprised by my emotional reactions
to situations I encounter in my life.
18. I change my attitude, behaviour, or
appearance in order to please others.
19. I feel more comfortable when some one
else makes my decision for me.

20. I have an obsessive mind

21. When I am feeling down, I remind myself
to focus on the good things, no matter how
minor.
22.If Im not good at something right away, Id
rather quit than waste my time.
23. I am ashamed of how look or behave

24. I will seek out information (research,

advices from experts, etc.) to help me figure
out how to deal with a problem I am facing.

25.Even when I dont want to, I consistently

put other peoples need ahead of my own.