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The rationale behind choosing this topic is that the rising problems of adolescents and changes social environment has brought about many stresses which have become because of mental agony among adolescents. Later this can affect their mental state leading to loneliness. The teenagers go all out to get accepted by their peers and most of the time comes under peer pressure. The aim of the present investigation was to assess the psychological predictors of emotional quotient among adolescents. For this purpose assessing emotional scale by Schutte, John and Bhullar (2007), peer pressure inventory (Clasen and Brown, 1985), UCLA loneliness scale (Russel, Peplau and Cutrona, 1996) and resilience scale (Wagnild and Young, 1993) were used. For this study data was collected from 200 school going students (100 females and 100 males) ranging in the age group of 14-18 years. Results revealed that there exist no significant gender differences in emotional quotient, loneliness, peer pressure and resilience. It was also found that there was a negative and significant correlation between loneliness and emotional quotient. There was a positive and significant correlation between resilience and emotional quotient. Resilience and loneliness found to be a significant predictor of emotional quotient.