Effect of Anxiety on Emotional Intelligence among Working Women and Housewives

The current study aimed to examine the effects of anxiety on emotional intelligence among working women and housewives. Moreover, this study was conducted in district Swabi before this study there were no studies conducted on these variables, it will also find out the relationship of these variables. Cross-sectional design was used to collect the data from working women and housewives of district Swabi. The sample (N=100) comprised 50(50.0%) working women and 50(50.0%) housewives of district Swabi, informed consent was taken and questionnaires were filled including Beck anxiety inventory and Schutte self-report emotional intelligence test. Working women scored high on emotional intelligence (t=2.41, p=01), and house wife scored high on the anxiety scale (t=2.02, p=.04), moreover this study showed that emotional intelligence has a significant strongly negative correlation with anxiety (r=.85, p<.05). The findings of the study showed that working women were more emotionally intelligent during fulfilling their responsibilities as compared to housewives. From this piece of work, it is concluded that housewives' intervention-based program should arrange to manage their life problems and responsibilities.