Development And Standardization Of Social Intelligence Scale (Sis)

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S. Deepa Rani , Dr. K. Vijaya

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Social intelligence is the ability to make the intellect out of the actions of others is critical to people's daily functioning. Humans are social experts in the society. Everyone understands that others actions are directed at goals and driven by intentions. Social intelligence helps individuals build relationships and is important to numerous aspects of a person’s life. It allows an individual to form friendships and coalitions. Social intelligence refers to a person’s ability to understand and administer interpersonal relationships. It is distinct from a person’s intelligence level. It includes an individual’s ability to understand, and act on, the feelings, thoughts, and behaviors of other people. The present research was undertaken to develop and standardization of the social intelligence scale. Attributes of social intelligence were elicited from 100 working women at the college level, in three different sectors like arts and science colleges, educational institution, and engineering colleges. After empirical validation, 100 working women at the college level were asked to rate themselves on the 55 items on a 5-point scale. The study of test social intelligence of working women at the college level is an important one and for which the investigator has decided to develop and standardize a scale to measure it.

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