Akurathi Subhashini et al.; International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology © 2019, www.IJARIIT.com All Rights Reserved Page |1817 ISSN: 2454-132X Impact factor: 4.295 (Volume 5, Issue 2) Available online at: www.ijariit.com Effect of demographic variables on emotional intelligence: A study on college students in Visakhapatnam Subhashini Akurathi siddharth010105@gmail.com Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh P. Swathi swathipogiri2a8@gmail.com Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh G. Ravi Kumar gummuluri.ravi@gmail.com Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh ABSTRACT This study is aimed to examine the effect of demographic variables (age, qualification, and community, of gender and socio- economic status) impacts on emotional intelligence among early adulthoods. A sample of 116 graduate and postgraduate college students both male and female at 18-25 years age group students participated in this study. Descriptive statistics and t- test findings revealed that this emphasizes the role of financial status and community of a person on his/her which is directly influence on the areas of Adaptability and sensitivity which are domains of emotional intelligence. Keywords— Emotional intelligence, Early adulthood, Demographic variables 1. INTRODUCTION Emotions are the internal events that coordinate many psychological subsystems including physiological responses, cognitions, and conscious awareness. They are being viewed as signals that provide information, direct attention and facilitate the attainment of goals and are seen as organizing processes that enable people to think and behave adaptively. Emotions typically arise in response to a person’s changing relationships. A person’s relationships with his family effects humanity change a person’s emotions will change as well. For example, a person who recalls a happy childhood memory may find the world appears brighter and more joyous (e.g., Bower, 1981). Because emotions track relationships in this sense, they convey meaning about relationships (Schwarz and Clore, 1983). According to Buck (1985), emotions are the process by which motivational potential is realized or ‘read out’ when activated by challenging stimuli. Emotional intelligence refers to an ability to recognize the meanings of emotions and their relationships and to reason and problem solve on the basis of them. Emotional Intelligence (EI) is involved in the capacity to perceive emotions, and manage them (Mayer and Salovey, 1997; Salovey and Mayer, 1990). Your emotions can affect your ability to understand or learn to deal with a new situation in a number of ways. Emotions influence the process of perception and reaction towards life which in turn determines how content and successful a person may be considered. Anyone can achieve emotional intelligence by attaining his goals and managing negative emotions. If unmanaged, negative emotions take control of life. Someone can be very intelligent and have very little emotional self-awareness, empathy or social skills. On the other hand, someone can be a scientist in intellect. Therefore EI is independent characteristics. EI appears to be important because many people fail to manage emotions successfully. We may blind to our own emotional reactions or may fail to control our emotional outbursts. Emotional intelligence can play a major role in how we interact with others. Sometimes coworkers, employers, friends, family members and other acquaintances might struggle with poor emotional skills that make social situations difficult and fraught with tension. In other cases, it might even be your own emotional intelligence skills that need a little work. Salovey and Mayer proposed a model that identified four different levels of emotional intelligence, including emotional perception, the ability to reason using emotions, the ability to understand emotion, and the ability to manage emotions. 1.1 Perceiving emotions, reasoning with emotions as well as understanding emotions and finally managing emotions: According to Salovey and Mayer, the four branches of their model are "arranged from more basic psychological processes to higher, more psychologically integrated processes. 1.2 Signs of low emotional intelligence Getting in Lots of Arguments, Not Understanding How Others Fee Low EQ people are often completely oblivious to the feelings of other people. Thinking That Other People Are Overly Sensitive, Refusing to Listen to Other Points of View and Blaming Others for Mistakes.An Inability to Cope With Emotionally-Charged Situations, Sudden Emotional Outbursts and also Difficulty