Relationship between Demographic Factors and Emotional Intelligence: An Empirical Evidence from Pakistan

Abstract

Emotional intelligence (EI) is usually distinct as the ability to know one's own feelings, overseeing it and ideally have the capacity to comprehend other individuals' feelings too. The purpose for this exploration is to determine the level of emotional intelligence of Pakistani students and examine the impact of demographic factors (gender, age, location, family size, Parents income, Father's education, Mother's Education) on their emotional intelligence. 200 participants of two public universities of Southern Punjab, Pakistan have been selected. The Bar-On Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-I 2.0)has been used to assess the level of emotional intelligence of students. Moreover, the students' demographic survey (SDS) has been used for collecting demographics' information of students. Descriptive statistics and PLS-SEM have been applied for analysis of the data. Results indicate that gender, age, location and parents' income and education have positive impact on EI of students, and however,family size has negative impact on EI of students.