Alienation in relation to Emotional Intelligence of Adolescents

Adolescence is a period characterized by diverse changes that may be physiological, social or emotional, and inability to deal with these changes may lead to adjustment problems and psychological issues like alienation. It is important that adolescents are capable to handling their emotions effectively so as to develop the capability to deal with psycho-social problems. Thus, it is the need of the hour to develop emotional intelligence of adolescents to tackle problems like alienation that may have a reckoning effect on growth and development. The present study is an attempt to explore the relationship between emotional intelligence and alienation. The study was conducted on a sample of 200 adolescents of Punjab and findings indicated a significant negative correlation between emotional intelligence and alienation. The findings indicate need for providing conducive environment and need for developing coping strategies to help adolescents in developing emotional intelligence and overcoming alienation.