Factors Affecting Emotion Intelligence among Adolescents: Literature Review 2024-25

Abstract Adolescence is a stage marked by physical, hormonal, and psycho social changes. It is a transaction period in a person’s life between childhood and adulthood. An adolescent experience different feeling, sometimes negative emotions and in certain situations react more promptly. Their reactions are more strong to the situations emitting emotions. According to Peter Salovey and John Mayer (1997) “Emotional intelligence is the ability to monitor one's own and other people's emotions, to discriminate between different emotions and label them appropriately, and to use emotional information to guide thinking and behaviour". In today’s world educator’s emphasis, more on social-emotional learning among children. In India the new National Education Policy 2020 is been framed keeping in mind the social emotional development of children ensuring holistic development. It states that major goal of our education system must be to “develop good human beings capable of rational thought and action, possessing compassion and empathy”. This article will help to realize the value and significance of emotional intelligence in adolescents. Also, various factors affecting the emotional intelligence of adolescents though literature review. It was observed and analysis that variation of emotions is more in adolescents than children but need to learn how to regulate and manage their emotions effectively. Hence, emotional regulation skills need to be developed among adolescents. Further researches are recommended in the field of emotional intelligence identifying the Emotional Quotient of adolescents and factors affecting it. Major factors indicated in most of the studies are personality, lifestyle, environmental factors, digital world, social and parental style. In this competitive world adolescent may have good Intelligent Quotient but lack in Emotional Quotient. The article suggests that there is strong need to enhance the emotional quotient of young people and work on the factors affecting it.