The present study tried to investigate the association(s) between Emotional Intelligence (EQ, also EI) and Test Anxiety among Iranian EFL (English as a Foreign Language) university students. To this aim, 100 EFL students were asked to complete the "Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire" and the "Test Anxiety Scale". The data were analyzed by the use of descriptive statistics, correlation analysi...

The human ability of identifying, processing and regulating emotions from social stimuli is generally referred as Emotional Intelligence (EI). Within EI, Ability EI identifies a performance measure assessing individual skills at perceiving, using, understanding and managing emotions. Previous models suggest that a brain "somatic marker circuitry" (SMC) sustains emotional sub-processes included ...

The ability approach has been indicated as promising for advancing research in emotional intelligence (EI). However, there is scarcity of tests measuring EI as a form of intelligence. The Mayer Salovey Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test, or MSCEIT, is among the few available and the most widespread measure of EI as an ability. This implies that conclusions about the value of EI as a meaningful ...

Burnout has been a major concern in the educational settings and it is worth exploring it among English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students and finding its relationship with other factors, such as emotional intelligence (EI), which may help reduce burnout sources. In this light, this study was designed to a) explore Iranian EFL students’ burnout and EI profiles; b) investigate the relationship...

Emotional intelligence (EI) is a relatively new construct in differential psychology. Proponents of EI have made strong claims for its importance in basic and applied psychology. This article considers whether the promise of EI has been fulfilled. We examine various fundamental challenges to establishing EI as a major individual differences factor, including cross-cultural issues. We then exami...

Emotional intelligence (EI), personality, alexithymia, life satisfaction, social support and health related measures were assessed in Canadian (N =500) and Scottish (N = 204) groups. EI was found to be negatively associated with alexithymia and alcohol consumption and positively associated with life satisfaction and social network size and quality. In order to clarify the multivariate associati...

This study explores the prevalence of disordered eating attitudes in a sample of male first-year university students engaged in a physical education program and examines the relationships between emotional intelligence, coping, and emotional eating in relation to disordered-eating (DE) attitudes. A total of 140 students completed the following questionnaires: the eating attitudes test, the bar-...

Emotional intelligence (EI) has been widely used in psychological, managerial, and educational research. Among all the measures, MSCEIT (and its earlier version MEIS) has been widely used to assess EI ability. However, there is little systematic research regarding its relationship with overall, verbal, and nonverbal intelligence. The current research fills this gap in the literature by meta-ana...

INTRODUCTION health care professionals especially clinicians, undergo lots of job stress (JS). Emotional intelligence (EI) is among the variables that appear to be associated with stress. It is also included among the ways adopted by the individuals in order to resist JS in the workplace. Thus, this study aims to investigate the relationship between EI and JS in the faculty members of Isfahan U...