Abstract
<p>This study aimed to answer the question that what is the relationship between depression and emotional intelligence among the students of Zabol University of medical sciences in 2014?</p><p>This study is descriptive-correlational that examined 294 students of Zabol University of medical sciences in 1393 by using stratified random sampling. Bar-On emotional intelligence questionnaire and Beck depression questionnaire were used to collect data. Pearson correlation coefficient and regression were used for data analysis. The obtained results show that there is a significant relationship between emotional intelligence and depression. On the other hand, there is a significant relationship between emotional intelligence with the variables (gender, major satisfaction, type of faculty, and place of living) and depression with the variables (gender, major satisfaction, father’s education and type of faculty).</p>
Highlights
Depression is a type of mood that involves different aspects of life (Foot, 1983)
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between depression and emotional intelligence among the students of Zabol University of medical sciences in 1393
According to the conducted studies on emotional intelligence and depression, it can be said that the weak function of emotions may lead to behavioral problems like depression
Summary
Depression is a type of mood that involves different aspects of life (Foot, 1983). On the other hand, this disease can have a negative effect on cognitive processes, memory, attention, motivation, interest in academic activities, the relationship of students with professor and self-confidence can lead to Academic failure (Asadi, 2001). The term emotional intelligence was raised for the first time by Salovey and Mayer in 1990 as a form of social intelligence. Researchers with the increase of emotional behavioral problems, from low self confidence to anxiety and depression in adolescents and young people, believe that teaching the required skills in the field of emotional intelligence to students is essential. These teachings will lead to the increase of more Conformity and probability of success even in cases of facing risk factors (Gloeman, 1998)
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