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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND ACADEMIC STRESS OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-III).01      10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-III).01      Published : Sep 2022

Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Academic Stress of Undergraduate Students

Abstract

    The present study was an attempt to understand how emotions are related to academic stress. Emotions are an integral part of a human’s life. The nature of this study was correlational. Students from Education department at the undergraduate university level were selected as a population from both public and private sector universities in Lahore, Pakistan. Questionaries were used to collect data. To explore the relationship between emotional intelligence and academic stress multiple regression analysis was applied. For comparison between two groups like gender independent sample t-test was used and for comparison between more than two groups like different age groups, one-way ANOVA was applied. The results revealed that students with higher EI suffer less academic stress than others as they are more cognizant of their emotions.

    (1) Mahvish Fatima Kashif
    Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Feza Mehddi
    PhD Scholar, STEM Education Department, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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