Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Psycho-pathology in Iranian University Students

چکیده مقاله

Research on emotional intelligence and psychopathology, has had challenging findings. In order to enrich this area of knowledge, the present study was performed to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and psychopathology. A sample of 182 students (113 girls and 69 boys, aged 19-29 with 21.15 mean & 1.47 SD) from Tabriz University, who were selected by multi-level clustering method, were assessed by emotional intelligence scale (MSEIS) and symptom checklist (SCL-90-R). Results showed that emotional intelligence has a negative correlation with all pathological symptoms. Also, regression analysis indicated that emotional regulation as a factor of emotional intelligence, can significantly predict a symptom’s variance. In general, these findings reveal that emotional intelligence and its factors has a considerable role in both prevention and treatment of pathological signs and symptoms.