Self-esteem in Indian women: The role of employment status and emotional intelligence
Keywords:
Self-esteem, emotional intelligence, sociometer theory, contingencies model of self-esteem, 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 variables for self-esteem would be
helpful for future 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) 2020 Suchitra Barik, Sangeeta Rath, Prangya Paramita Priyadarshini Das (Author)
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