A study on relationship between emotional intelligance with stress coping strategies among paramedical students of Hamedan university of medical science in 1396

Introduction: Emotional intelligence (EI) refers to a collection of skills such as self-control, determination, self-motivation and sensitivity to the feelings of others. During the last two decades this new dimension of intelligence has received much attention as being more responsible for professional success than the Intelligence Quotient (IQ), the traditionally used measure of intelligence. Clinical training is recognized as a stressful education that often exerts a negative effect on the academic performance of student. Considering the effect of emotional intelligence on different aspects of life the aim of this study is to determine the correlation between emotional intelligence and coping strategies among paramedical students. Methods: This is a cross sectional study was performed on 266 students of paramedical school who had passed at least one clinical course. Data gathering tool was emotional intelligence questionnaire and stress coping strategy  questionnaire. Results: most of the participant were female (66/2 %). The mean score for emotional intelligence for medical students was 113/9 with the range of 6-168. According to the result there is positive correlation between emotional intelligence and problem solving strategy. Conclusions: Emotional intelligence skill training can help students to choose effective stress coping strategy to overcome their stress.