Role Stress and Existential Stress in Adolescents: Relationship with Emotional Intelligence and Wellbeing- A Pilot Study

A pilot study is a small sample study and a crucial part of a research project. This paper aims to describe and discuss the pilot study conducted in a research project involves sensitive issue of studying role stress and existential stress in relation to emotional intelligence and wellbeing among adolescents by using same methods and procedure to the main study. The purpose of conducting pilot study was to test the feasibility of main study as mentioned in research proposal, and to test the data collection instruments both survey questions and interview questions, without involving any rigorous statistical calculations. It was found that pilot study was necessary for this research project as it helped the researcher to conduct main study effectively and efficiently by anticipating in advance the challenges involved in studying sensitive issues and how to overcome these challenges.