Social Intelligence among Female Day Scholar College Students Belonging to Different Academic Streams

The social skill which helps an individual towards coping with others and social relationships is termed as social intelligence. The present study was taken up to find out the social intelligence of day scholar College students belonged to different academic streams. A total sample of 150 college students aged between 17-25 years belonged to three academic streams with 50 day scholar students from each academic stream were selected for the study. Professor N. K. Chadda and Usha Ganesan Social Intelligence Scale (1986) were used to collect the information for the present study. Statistical analysis was done using ANOVA, students' 't' test and chi square test. The study revealed that day scholar college students had higher mean social intelligence. A non-significant difference was observed among day scholar respondents belonged to different academic streams for overall social intelligence. Keywords: Social intelligence, female college students, Social skills, patience, memory