Correlational Analysis Between Adjustment Problems and Emotional Intelligence During COVID-19

Abstract

Life has been incredibly challenging and unfamiliar ever since the world was shocked by the coronavirus. People said that their anxiousness and anxieties about the future had increased. The current study looked at how Adjustment Problems (AP) and Emotional Intelligence (EI) related to one another during the COVID-19 period. The online survey involved 105 participants, whose ages ranged from 18 to 55 years. Brief Adjustment Scale-6 (BASE-6) and a personal data sheet were used to assess AP and EI, respectively using the Emotional Intelligence Scale (BEIS-10) created by Davies and Lane, et al. (2010) and the Brief Adjustment Scale-6 (BASE-6). Data was gathered using an online Google Form. Results showed that there was no statistically significant difference in AP according to demographic data, including gender, age group, marital status, socioeconomic status, and level of education. On the basis of demographic data (Gender, Age group, marital status, and Socio-economic position) insignificant difference in EI was discovered, whereas significant disparities were observed in levels of education. Anxious was significantly positively correlated with Appraisal of others’ emotions. Irritability, anxiety, depression and total AP was significant negatively correlated with Regulation of own emotions. Depression was significantly negatively correlated with Utilization of emotions and total EI. Regulation of own emotions and Appraisal of others’ emotions significantly contributed to the 5.2% and 4.0% of the variance thereby successfully predicting AP. EI is a learned ability. The coronavirus epidemic has put pressure on both personal and professional lives, as it does with all crises. People need to exercise extreme discipline and self-control under this situation. These scenarios need to be handled extremely effectively, but if stress and strain from a crisis combine, it would be challenging to handle the issue, particularly during current COVID-19 epidemic.