A Study of Emotional Intelligence, Experienced Bullying and Psychological Well-Being among Secondary School Students from Boarding Schools

Abstract

The research was conducted to study the differences between male and female Secondary school students on the aspects of emotional intelligence, psychological Well-being and experienced bullying from boarding schools. The sample was collected from two boarding schools. The sample size was 84, with 47 male students and 37 female students .The students selected had studied in the particular school for a minimum period of three years. The tools selected for data collection were Emotional Intelligence Test by Ekta Sharma, Psychological well-being index by Harold Dupuy and Multidimensional peer victimization scale by Stephen Joseph. The scores for central tendency were obtained by calculating mean, SD, skewness and kurtosis. The scores were not normally distributed. No significant gender differences were observed. Emotional intelligence was found to be positively correlated with psychological well-being and Experienced Bullying was found to be negatively correlated with well-being.