*Corresponding Author: arullawrence@gmail.com © Published by JCERI RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDY INVOLVEMENT AND AFFECT INTENSITY OF B.Ed. COLLEGE TEACHER TRAINEES J. Master Arul Sekar 1 and Dr.A.S.Arul Lawrence* 2 1 Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Periyar Maniammai University,Thanjavur. 2 Assistant Professor, School of Education, Tamil Nadu Open University, Chennai. (Received 13 th July 2015, Revised 18 th July 2015, Accepted 22 nd July 2015) Abstract The present study aims to explore the relationship between affect intensity and study involvement of B.Ed. college teacher trainees. Since it is a fact finding expedition, survey method was adopted by the investigator. The samples for this investigation were taken from the students studying in six colleges of education (B.Ed. College) in Thanjavur district. Special attention was given to such factors as gender, locality, and educational qualification. 150 B.Ed. college teacher trainees were taken for this investigation as sample by simple random sampling technique. Study Involvement Inventory by Bhatnagar (1982) and Affect Intensity Measure (AIM) by Larsen (1984) were used to collect the data. To analyse the data mean, standard deviation, t’ test and correlation analysis were used as statistical techniques. The findings show that (i) there is no significant difference between male and female B.Ed. college teacher trainees in their study involvement, (ii) there is no significant difference between male and female B.Ed. college teacher trainees in their affect intensity, and (iii) there is a significant relationship between affect intensity and study involvement of B.Ed. college teacher trainees. Keywords: relationship, affect intensity, study involvement, B.Ed. college teacher trainees Introduction Education is a process by which the individual is helped to develop to the full all his innate potentialities, so that he is well equipped for a gracious and harmonious life in the world. Teacher education is defined as “all formal and informal activities and experiences that help to qualify a person to assume the responsibility as a member of the educational profession or to discharge his responsibility most effectively (Good, 1973). Study involvement refers to the process by which it refers to the pursuit of the individual in learning the scholastic pursuit includes abasement, achievement, affiliation, aggression, autonomy, deference, nurturance, order, recognition, succorance when such outside element seem to be pertinent to the action situation. Affect intensity was designed to assess differences in how individuals experience their emotions which affect one’s emotionality and emotional expressiveness, such as cultural and socio economic differences. Significance of the Study The prime function of education is to develop the personality of the students. Adolescence is the stage of stress and strain, the process of human development that is adolescence has severe emotional problems and they also have identity crises. So the teacher trainees may express severe anxiety and they cannot adjust with the environment. The severe anxiety will affect the academic achievement. The Intensity of the emotion is called affect Intensity. So the adolescents have intensified emotions and they have to cope up with the technological development in the society. So, the investigator wants to find the relationship between affect intensity and study involvement of the B.Ed. college teacher trainees. Available online at http://www.jceri.com Journal of Contemporary Educational Research and Innovations Vol.5, No.4, pp. 167-170., July - August, 2015 ISSN 2249–9636 (Online) ISSN 2250–0618 (Print)