Background and Aim: Researchers believe that emotional intelligence (EI) is a better predictor of a person’s success in life than intelligent quotient. The aim of the present study was to determine the relationship between the EI and academic performance of senior dental students. Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study evaluated all senior dental students (n=131) of Tehr...

INTRODUCTION The Empathy Quotient (EQ) is a self-report questionnaire that was developed to measure the cognitive, affective, and behavioural aspects of empathy. We evaluated its cross-cultural validity in an Italian sample. METHODS A sample of 18- to 30-year-old undergraduate students of both sexes (N=256, males=118) were invited to fill in the Italian version of the EQ, as well as other mea...

The study investigated the relationship between intelligence, emotional intelligence and academic achievement in high school. The study was conducted within the standardization of two instruments for Croatian samples. A total of 369 high school students from the Republic of Croatia participated in the study. They completed the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT)--a test of cognitive intellig...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine trait and ability emotional intelligence (EI) in children with ADHD. METHOD Forty-one children with ADHD (9-11 years) completed two measures of EI-the Bar-On Emotional Quotient Inventory: Youth Version-short form (EQi:YV-Brief) and the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test, Youth Research Version (MSCEIT-YRV). RESULTS Children wi...

theoretical ideas and a tendency to take an academic intellectual approach to problem solving. As such, this correlation provides strong support for the convergent construct validity of this 15FQ+ primary factors. Table 25: Correlations (r>.3) Between the 15FQ+ factors and the OIP+ scales 15FQ+ factor OIP+ scale A Empathic Scientifi c (-.46), Logical (-.32), Agreeable (.38) ß Intellectance Mana...

research on l2 learners’ success at development and appropriate use of pragmatic ability and knowledge has mostly approached the issue from a cognitive or social perspective, and less attention has been devoted to the problem from the equally important emotional or individual-psychological lenses. this study sought to explore, first, the interplay between iranian advanced efl learners’ pragmati...

background and purpose: nurses are frequently exposed to anxiety-related problems. in fact, anxiety and stress can negatively affect nurses’ mental health and performance. therefore, in the present study, we aimed to investigate the effect of emotional intelligence training on employed nurses in sabzevar, iran in 2014. methods: in this experimental trial, 135 nurses working in sabzevar hospital...