Distance Learnier’s Emotional Intelligence And Maturity
Keywords
Emotional Intelligence, Maturity, Open Distance Learning, Age, Personal Capacity, Emotional Intelligence Quotient (EIQ), Emotional maturity
Abstract
Students’ psychological variables, i.e., emotional intelligence (EI), play a significant role in academic progress. Students from distance education belong to different age groups, and how each age group manages, communicates, and controls their emotions was the focus of the present study. Maturity ranged from young to mature age-group students.
The level of EI of distance learners (B.Ed.) of Allama Iqbal Open University was checked through the “Bar-On EQ-I” after validation and pilot testing. Findings indicated that the total emotional quotient decreased as age increased.
Emotional intelligence increased in young distance learners and decreased among mature age-group students.