MENTAL HEALTH AS A PREDICTOR OF EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE OF PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS OF SCIENCE IN HIMACHAL PRADESH

Authors

  • Karata Singh Thakur Professor, Department of Education, ICDEOL, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla
  • Sanjeev Kumar TGT Non Medical, GSSS Kuftu, Distt. Solan H.P., India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52634/mier/2013/v3/i1/1557

Keywords:

Mental Health, Emotional Competence, Prospective Teachers, Science, Social Category.

Abstract

This paper reports on mental health as a predictor of emotional competence of prospective teachers of science. The present investigation is descriptive in nature. The study was carried on 120 prospective teachers of science from four districts of Himachal Pradesh. The investigator used Scale of Emotional Competence (SEC) developed by Sharma and Bhardwaj (1998) to measure emotional competence while Mental Health Inventory developed by Jagdish and Srivastava (1996) was used to study the mental health of prospective teachers of science. The findings of the study revealed that prospective teachers of science belonging to general and reserved categories were significantly different in their emotional competence. No significant difference was found in the emotional competence of high and low mentally healthy prospective teachers of science. The study also reported that no significant interactional effects were found between the variables. The researchers have suggested the means to improve the mental health and emotional competence of the prospective teachers of science.

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2013-05-10

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Karata Singh Thakur, & Sanjeev Kumar. (2013). MENTAL HEALTH AS A PREDICTOR OF EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE OF PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS OF SCIENCE IN HIMACHAL PRADESH. MIER Journal of Educational Studies Trends and Practices, 3(1), 84–94. https://doi.org/10.52634/mier/2013/v3/i1/1557

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Volume 3, Issue 1, May 2013

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