EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND LOCUS OF CONTROL OF CAREGIVERS OF CANCER PATIENTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY”
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Caregiving is simple terms can be stated as the act of tending to someone who is incapable of doing so themselves. According to the American Psychological Association, a minimum caregiving activity of four hours regularly is necessary to qualify as a caregiver. This effort however increases several folds in case of a severe/terminal illness. This has a great impact on caregiver’s own physical/mental health, which has mostly been ignored over the years. This study assesses the level of emotional intelligence, and locus of control of general caregivers and cancer caregivers. The idea was to compare the two populations for which 100 participants were selected, 50 in each group which were further divided in 25 males and 25 females. Results concluded that cancer caregivers hold the fragile end of emotional intelligence and have an external direction of locus of control whilst on the other hand, the comparatively strong end of emotional intelligence lies in the grip of general caregivers, who also have an internal direction of locus of control.
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