The study investigated emotional intelligence as a predictor of school adjustment among JSS students in Rivers State, Nigeria. The importance of emotional intelligence among university students is crucial since it specifies competencies such as intrapersonal, interpersonal and communication skills. Conclusions: A significant proportion of health professional students suffer from low self-esteem during their 1st year of study. intelligence level among 223 form ones and four students in rural areas and the findingsalso supported the fact that emotional intelligence has an influence on academic achievements. Hence in the background of absence of standard measure among medical students, study was planned to develop the tool of assessment of emotional Intelligence among medical students and to develop a scale to measure Emotional Intelligence among medical undergraduates. They found that the Thus, the main objective of this research was to investigate the possible relationship between emotional intelligence, test anxiety and academic stress among university students. The present study was carried out on 139 students Emotional intelligence (EI) was originally described by Salovey and Mayer (1990, p. 189) as “the ability to monitor one's own and others' emotions, to discriminate among them, and to use the information to guide one's thinking and actions”. And later in life, people with high EQ earn the trust of their superiors, make their colleagues feel … Emotional intelligence scores were higher among male individuals than among female. Emotional intelligence and empathy showed a small association with self-esteem.

1. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. Emotional intelligence enables students to have positive interactions with others, to anticipate their feelings and to experience appropriate levels of empathy.

There is no unified theory of EI; EI is theorised as either a trait (e.g. The sample consists of a total of 100 university students from 3 public Universities and 3 private universities were taken randomly. The aim of the present study is to examine the emotional intelligence which is studied under five dimensions, i.e. The study was anchored on Social Learning Theory by Albert Bandura. Background. Self-Awareness, Managing Emotions, Motivating one self, Empathy and Social Skills. Emotional Inventory Test (EIT) by Dr. Ekta Sharma.