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Abstract
The coronavirus COVID 19 pandemic is the defining global health crisis of our time and greatest challenge we have faced since World War two. This study aims to assess the Emotional quotient of adolescents during pandemic by studying the affect on each attribute of Emotional Intelligence and also to study the reason behind the decreased elements of emotional intelligence during Pandemic. The study of this project started with two surveys. In first Survey, the child had to assess whether the pandemic has had positive/negative/no impact on him/her in the respective areas by comparing with pre-lockdown experiences. Second Survey was conducted for Parents. The test was for measuring Emotional Intelligence of their children with regards to the coronavirus pandemic. Both the survey was conducted on Google Forms with more than 150 responses from students of grade 10 to grade12 studying in Delhi NCR and their parents. The results of all the surveys suggests that all attributes of Emotional Intelligence have shown increase except one major attribute- Self Regulation, which has undergone a decrease during pandemic. Some elements like Commitment, diversity, Communication have deceased during these crucial times. But adolescents have been able to navigate their emotions well during this tough times. Increased levels of empathy, optimism shows that this pandemic has opened our hearts, made us more sensitive to others and our environment.