A study of Empathy level of tribal students in relation to Emotional Intelligence

Abstract

The present research was conducted to study the empathy level of the tribal students of Santrampur Taluka in relation to emotional intelligence. A sample of 150 students selected using random sampling method from tribal schools of Santrampur Taluka. Emotional Intelligence and Empathy scale was developed by the researcher. Emotional Intelligence scale was comprised of five components of Emotional Intelligence given by Daniel Goleman. The empathy scale was comprised of understanding others,             developing others, service orientation, leveraging to diversity and political awareness competencies identified by Daniel Goleman. The researcher studied the effect of stream of study, and level of emotional intelligence on the ability of empathy. The data were analysed using t-test. The outcome of the research was that stream and level of emotional intelligence had impact on the level of empathy.