The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence (EQ) with Self-esteem and Test Anxiety and also Their Academic Achievements

Abstract

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the relationship between the emotional intelligence (EQ) with Self-esteem and their test anxiety and also their academic achievements in bachelor and associate degrees. The statistical population involved in this study included all the accounting students in Azad University, Ghorveh Branch in the academic year 2012-13. The sample involved in this study included 100 accounting students selected randomly through the random sampling procedure and based on the statistical methodology principles of correlational studies. In this study, the 90-item Bar-on Emotional Quotient Inventory and Cooper-Smith questionnaire contains 58 questions about self-esteem, also the 25 item test anxiety questionnaire by Abolghasemi et al. were used in addition to the students' second semester average. Results showed that there are significant negative correlations between students' emotional intelligence and their test anxiety, and also between their test anxiety and academic achievements. There is also a meaningful positive correlation between their EQ and self-esteem and academic achievement. Also the results showed that there are significant negative correlations between students' self-esteem and their test anxiety. Also revealed that there is no significant difference between the emotional intelligence and self-esteem of the male and female students, but there are significant differences in male and female students' test anxiety suggesting that test anxiety of female students was greater than male students.