THE RELATIONSHIP OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE WITH ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship of emotional intelligence with achievement motivation. A sample of 400 students were taken from 10 different departments of the University of Malakand. Departments were further divided into 3 faculties i.e. 1. Physical sciences, 2. Social sciences, 3. Arts and humanities.  4 of departments were taken from physical sciences, 3 from social sciences and 3 from arts and humanities. The data was collected through simple random sampling technique. Two instruments were used for data collection. The first instrument was an emotional intelligence scale which was self-report consist of 45 items of Likert scale, another instrument was achievement motivation scale self-report, consist of 27 items of Likert scale. The scales were self-developed. Data was analyzed through SPSS 25 by applying frequencies, mean, median, descriptive statistics and correlation among three variables i.e. emotional intelligence and achievement motivation. The study found a strong positive correlation between emotional intelligence and achievement motivation. Null hypothesis Ho₁: There is no significant correlation of emotional intelligence with achievement motivation was rejected and alternative hypothesis was accepted as strong positive correlation of emotional intelligence with achievement motivation with the value of .734^*.