Emotional Intelligence, Mindfulness and Resilience Among Emerging Adults

Abstract

In this workaholic world the emerging adults are dealing with stressful situations. They find difficulty in coping or adapting with successive and challenging routines in daily life including both personal and external factors. Emotional Intelligence refers to a set of experiences, including self- awareness mood management, self-motivation, empathy and managing relationship. Mindfulness is inherently a state of consciousness which involves attending to one’s moment to moment experience. Resilience which means the ability to adapt and bounce back from adversity guided by Emotional Intelligence. The prime focus of the study is to find the relationship between Emotional Intelligence, Mindfulness and Resilience. The study consisted of 97 participants of age 18-25 years old and the participants were selected using convenience sampling method. The research instruments used were Brief Emotional Intelligence Scale-10 (BEIS-10), Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS-15), Nicholson McBride Resilience Questionnaire (NMRQ-12) to measure Emotional Intelligence, Mindfulness and Resilience respectively. The data was collected by using Google form. The collected data was analysed using SPSS. The data was not normally distributed.  The statistical technique used was Spearman’s Rank Correlation. The result obtained shows that there is a significant correlation between Emotional Intelligence and Mindfulness as well as emotional intelligence and Resilience among emerging adults. The result also showed that there is significant relationship between Mindfulness and Resilience among emerging adults. This study could serve as a basis for building and promoting adequate coping strategies and mental health interventions for the emerging adults.