Creativity and Emotional Intelligence: A Comparative study on Emotional Intelligence of Creative Writers

The study was undertaken to study the Emotional Intelligence of Creative writers (SahityaAkademy Awardees & Non-awardees) of Jammu & Kashmir. The sample of the study comprised of 40 Creative Writers as Awardees and 40 Creative Writers as Non-Awardees. Hyde et al Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS) (2011) was used for the collection of Data andt’ test was employed for the analysis of data. The investigator found a significant difference between the two groups on factor Self -development of EI (Emotional Intelligence). However, no significant difference was found on factors A(Self-awareness), b(Empathy), C(Self-motivation), D(Emotional stability), E(Managing relations), F(Integrity), H(Value orientation), I(Commitment), and J(Altruistic behavior) of Emotional Intelligence.