ABSTRACT

The aim of the present study was to examine the Emotional Intelligence of Parentally Accepted and Rejected Boys and Girls.

For the purpose of identification of parentally accepted and rejected boys and girls, Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire (PARQ) Adolescent Form were administered to 400 adolescents (200 boys and 200 girls) of 11th and 12th classes were selected by random sampling technique. The score obtained by the sample subjects were arranged in descending order and extreme group technique were applied on the total sample from which upper 27% sample subjects who had high scores on adolescent PARQ were labeled as parentally rejected sample subjects and lower 27% sample subjects who had low scores on adolescents PARQ were termed as parentally accepted subjects. Out of 400 sample subject only 216 were considered as a final sample for the present study (108 in each group) in which 54 adolescent students were parentally accepted and rejected boys and 54 adolescent students were parentally accepted and rejected girls. Rohner’s Parental Acceptance Rejection Questionnaire (PARQ), 1978, was used to identify the parentally accepted and rejected boys and girls. Emotional Intelligence Inventory of S.K. Mangal & Shubra Mangal was used to determine emotional intelligence of the sample subjects. Mean, S.D And  Test of significance were calculated with the help of (t) Test to find out the Emotional Intelligence among Parentally Accepted and Rejected Boys and Girls .The results revealed that there is Significant mean difference between the two groups under investigation