A COMPARATIVE STUDY of PTSD AND NON- PTSD AFFECTED YOUTH ON THE BASIS OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Kashmir is world famous for its beauty from ages, one of the great mogul princes has praised its beauty by calling it a paradise on earth. But due to present turmoil in Kashmir its all changed. During this period many problems have come to the forefront. Ptsd is one of the many responses to trauma. Previously believed by many to be prevalent only in the west, it is recently been understood to be world wide occurrence. Little, however, has so far seen documented about ptsd from the developing world. A comparative study was undertaken,’ A comparative study of ptsd and non ptsd affected youth on the basis of emotional intelligence’. the study was conducting in all the districts of Kashmir, selecting a total of 60 subjects randomly out of which 30 were ptsd and 30 were non- ptsd. Purpose : The purpose of the proposed study would be to compare the ptsd and non-ptsd affected youth on the basis of emotional intelligence. Objectives : *To compare ptsd and non ptsd youths on the measures of emotional intelligence. Hypothesis : *There would be significant difference between ptsd and emotional intelligence. *There would be significant difference between non-ptsd and emotional intelligence.Variables: Dependent variable is emotional intelligence and independent variable are ptsd & non-ptsd. Conclusion: Kashmir turmoil has lead to great increase in psychiatry illnesses and other psychosocial disturbance.