Self-esteem in Indian Women: The Role of Employment Status and Emotional Intelligence
Keywords:
Self-esteem, emotional intelligence, sociometer theory, contingencies model of selfesteem, social inclusion and exclusion, social-cognition theory, role multiplicity, role accumulationAbstract
Self-esteem is a core construct within the framework of women empowerment. The present
study was designed to investigate the role of employment status and emotional intelligence (EI) in
self-esteem of Indian women. It was expected that the delineation of the predictive role of these two
variablesfor self-esteem would be helpful forfuture intervention programs. The study adopted a 2
(employed versus unemployed) x 2 (low EI versus high EI) factorial design where employed and
unemployed women were separately divided into low EI and high EI subgroups on the basis of
median split of EI scores. Apart from the test of EI, all the participants were individually
administered a standardised test of self-esteem. The analysis of variance supported both the
hypotheses. Employed women exhibited higher self-esteem than unemployed women. Women with
high EI showed greater self-esteem than women with low EI. The findings were explained in terms
of the contemporary theories of self-esteem and interventions were suggested for women
empowerment.
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Copyright (c) 2019 Suchitra Barik, Sangeeta Rath, Prangya Paramita Priyadarshini Das (Author)
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