EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, RESILIENCE AND AGGRESSION IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to find out the relationship between emotional intelligence, resilience, and aggression in university students. It was hypothesized that there would be an association between emotional intelligence, resilience, and aggression in university students. Correlational research design was employed. A convenient sampling strategy was used to collect the data from different universities. The sample comprised of 400 university students (N = 400), including males (n = 204) and females (n = 196) with an age range of 19 to 24 years with (M= 118.24, SD= 11.55) from different universities of Lahore. The Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale (Schutte, 1998), The Brief Resilience Scale (Smith, 2008) and The Buss Perry Aggression Questionnaire (Buss & Perry, 1992) were employed to assess the situations of emotional intelligence, resilience, and aggression in university students. Using SPSS 26 Pearson product- moment correlation, hierarchical regression analysis and t test as an additional analysis were applied. Supporting the hypotheses, intelligence and resilience were negatively related with aggression in university students. In addition, emotional intelligence and resilience were found out to be significant predictors of aggression. The study would help internal health professionals in developing programs for students to promote emotional intelligence and resilience that would help individuals in managing aggression and getting more at dealing with stressors.