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Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Aim and Background: This research examined the relation between mother's depression score and the student's emotional intelligence score in deaf and hearing students. Method and Materials: This was a descriptive-analytic study. The sample consisted of 30 deaf and 30 hearing three grade students from a junior high school and their mothers in Isfahan city. Students were administered Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire, and their mothers completed Beck depression questionnaire. Data was analyzed by SPSS software, using t independent test, and Pearson's correlation test. Findings: T-test results between emotional intelligence of deaf and hearing students showed that, only in optimism factor there was significant difference between two groups. t test results between mother's depression score of two groups delineated that, there was significant difference between them. And mother's depression score of deaf students was more. Correlation results revealed that mother's depression score was correlated to emotional intelligence in two groups. Conclusions: Results of this study showed that depression score of mothers is related to the student deafness while mothers' depression is related to emotional intelligence. Finally results demonstrated mother's depression score is related to decreased emotional intelligence of deaf students, while mother's undepression score is related to increased emotional intelligence of hearing students.

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Aim and Background: This aim of this study was to determine the relationship between psychological health and emotional intelligence with job burnout of nurses of state hospitals in Tabriz. Methods and Materials: In this correlative descriptive study, 300 nurses of Tabriz state hospitals who had more than 5 years work experience were chosen by cluster random sampling method. They accomplished General Health Questionnaire, Bradbury-Graves Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire and Maslach Job Burnout Questionnaire. Data were analyzed by SPSS software and Pearson correlation and multiple regression statistical tests. Findings: Mental health and emotional intelligence had significant role in predicting job burnout changes of nurses, these variables predicted 12 % variance of job burnout. There was significant correlation between mental health and emotional intelligence (r = -0.196, P < 0.01). Conclusions: Considering the results of our research, increased attention to nurses&#039; burnout through emotional intelligence education and focus on their mental health is recommended.

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Aim and Background: The present study tried to evaluate the relations between emotional intelligence, motivational beliefs and self-regulatory learning strategies among the students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (Isfahan, Iran). Methods and Materials: In a descriptive, correlational study during the academic year of 2010-11, 1300 undergraduate students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences were selected by stratified random sampling. The measurement tools were Bar-On Emotional Quotient Inventory and Motivational Strategies for Learning Questionnaire. Data was analyzed by fitness indexes of structural equation modeling, correlation analysis, and chi-square test. Findings: Path coefficients of empathy and interpersonal relationship were not significant. Similarly, path coefficients of realism, responsibility, and exhilaration with motivational beliefs were not significant. All paths in the effects of motivational beliefs and self-regulatory learning strategies on academic performance were significant. The components of emotional intelligence, motivational beliefs and self-regulatory learning strategies were all significantly effective on academic performance. Conclusions: The findings of the present study can be beneficial to educational researchers and policy makers in designing interventions to promote emotional intelligence, academic performance, and motivational strategies.

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Aim and Background: Spiritual intelligence and emotional intelligence may complement each other in order to make a healthy life. On the one hand, spiritual intelligence leads to stabilization of virtues through improving spirituality and religious convictions and on the other hand, emotional intelligence improves social relations and controls affections and feelings. This may help individuals to move towards perfection. Methods and Materials: This was a descriptive-correlational study, and the sample size included 424 students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 2011, who were selected using multi-stage cluster random sampling method from different faculties and majors. Data collection tools included the trait emotional intelligence questionnaire of Petrides and Furnham (TEIQue) and a researcher-made spiritual intelligence questionnaire (with reliability coefficients of 0.84 and 0.87, respectively). Multiple regression was used to analyze the data. Findings: The results of regression analysis showed that there was a correlation between spiritual intelligence and emotional intelligence. This relationship, which was statistically significant, was observed in different aspects of spiritual and emotional intelligence. Conclusions: Higher spiritual intelligence leads to higher emotional intelligence and indeed, spiritual intelligence amplifies emotional intelligence.

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Aim and Background: It is necessary to notice the relationship between sense of humor and emotional intelligence, because emotional performance can be affected by people&rsquo;s sense of humor. The purpose of the present study was to predict emotional intelligence based on sense of humor and its dimensions among talented university students. Methods and Materials: This descriptive study was performed on 115 (44 males and 71 females) talented and high achievers Shiraz University students selected through purposive sampling in 2011. Khoshoee Sense of Humor Questionnaire and Petrides and Furnham Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire were used as measuring instruments. Data was analyzed by calculating Pearson&rsquo;s correlation coefficient and multiple analysis regression by the use of SPSS software version 16. Findings: There was a significant correlation between emotional intelligence and sense of humor and it&rsquo;s dimensions (enjoyment of humor, laughter, verbal humor, sense of humor in social relation, sense of humor in stressful conditions). The results of multiple regression analysis revealed that emotional intelligence is predicted by sense of humor in social relation and sense of humor in stressful conditions. Conclusions: There was a positive relationship between sense of humor and emotional intelligence. The most important predictor of emotional intelligence among talented university students was sense of humor in social relation.

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Aim and Background: Adolescence is an important period of development in which individuals can acquire the skills, attitudes, and abilities they need in adulthood. It seems that one of the factors that can be effective in dealing with adolescent issues is emotional intelligence. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of Choice Theory training on emotional intelligence in adolescent girls.
Methods and Materials: This is a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest control group design. The statistical population consists of thirteen-to-eighteen-year-old adolescent girls in the city of Isfahan. The sample consisted of 32 adolescent girls who were selected by multistage cluster sampling and were randomly and equally assigned to control and experimental groups. The experimental group received Choice Theory training in eight ninety-minute sessions. The control group was placed on the wait list. The Emotional Quotient Inventory test was used for data collection purposes and the data were analyzed using the covariance analysis test.
Findings: Results showed that Choice Theory training significantly affected Emotional Intelligence and its components (adaptability, intrapersonal, interpersonal, and general mood) (p<.05). However, it was not significantly effective on stress management.
Conclusions: According to the findings, it seems that Choice Theory training can be used to increase the emotional intelligence of adolescent girls in schools. Theoretical and practical implementations will be discussed in this research.

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Aim and Background: Comparing different therapeutic approaches in psychology can help therapists identify their time, cost, and effectiveness; Therefore, the present study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of Gestalt coaching training and treatment based on acceptance and commitment on emotional intelligence and self-efficacy of Tehran Telecommunication Company employees.
Methods and Materials: The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and follow-up with control group. The statistical population included all employees of Perso Electronic Telecommunication Company in Tehran in 1398, from which according to Cohen's table, 45 people were selected by relative random sampling and randomly divided into two experimental groups and a control group. The research instruments included Bar-Ann (1980) and Scherer and Maddox (1982) self-efficacy questionnaires. The experimental groups underwent Gestalt coaching training and acceptance and commitment treatment. Data were analyzed by repeated measures and ANOVA test.
Findings: The results showed that Gestalt coaching training has a significant effect on increasing employees' emotional intelligence in three stages of the test (P ≥ 0.001). Acceptance and commitment-based therapy had a significant effect on increasing employees' emotional intelligence between pre-test and post-test (P ≥ 0.001). But there is no significant effect between post-test and follow-up (P 00 0.001). Also, Gestalt coaching training and treatment based on acceptance and commitment on increasing employee self-efficacy, in the pre-test and post-test phase has a significant effect (P ≥ 0.001). However, Gestalt coaching training and treatment based on acceptance and commitment on increasing employee self-efficacy, in the post-test and follow-up phase, there is no significant effect (P ≤ 0.001).
Conclusions: Based on the findings, it can be concluded that Gestalt coaching training and treatment based on acceptance and commitment can be a good way to reduce control and increase emotional intelligence and self-efficacy of employees.

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Aim and Background: Research has shown that bullying in cyberspace has negative consequences on adolescents' educational performance and there is an inverse relationship between emotional intelligence and bullying; therefore, the purpose of this study was to comparison of effectiveness of empathy training and social perspective-taking training on emotional intelligence of adolescents with cyber bullying.
Methods and Materials: This experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design with control group and follow-up one month. The statistical population of this study included all the female students high school in Bushehr city in year academic 2018-2019 and 45 students were considered as the sample size in two experimental groups (each group of 15 student) and control (15 student). The experimental groups underwent empathy training (10 sessions 90 minutes) and social perspective-taking training (10 sessions 90 minutes), but the control group received no training and remained in the waiting list. To collect data cyber bullying questionnaire of Antoniadou, Kokkinos and Markos (2016) and modified emotional intelligence scale of Schutte and et al (1998). Data analysis was performed using SPSS-24 software in two sections: descriptive and inferential (analysis of variance with repeated measures and Bonferroni).
Findings: The results of the study showed that both types of treatment in post-test and follow up had a significant effect on emotional intelligence of adolescents with cyber bullying (P<0.05). Also, social perspective-taking training had stronger effects than empathy training in improvement of emotional intelligence (P<0.05).
Conclusions: Based on the results of this study, it can be said that social perspective-taking training and empathy training can be used as a treatment to improvement of emotional intelligence in educational and therapeutic settings.

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Aim and Background: Marital forgiveness is one of the most important factors in marital satisfaction and is considered an effective variable in resolving marital conflicts and increasing marital satisfaction. The main purpose of this study was to develop a causal model of marital forgiveness based on emotional intelligence and spiritual intelligence with the mediating role of marital differentiation.
Methods and Materials: The present study was a correlation in the form of structural equations. The statistical population included married women aged 25 to 45 years in Hamadan, from which 408 people were selected by cluster random sampling. They all completed questionnaires on marital forgiveness, spiritual intelligence, emotional intelligence, and marital differentiation. A structural equation test using PLS software was used to analyze the data.
Findings: The results showed that there is a direct positive relationship between emotional intelligence (0.102) and spiritual intelligence (0.286) of couples with marital forgiveness. The relationship between couples' spiritual intelligence and their level of differentiation is direct, negative, and significant (-0.139). Also, the relationship between the level of differentiation (-0.348) and marital forgiveness of couples is direct and the relationship between the two variables is negative. The level of differentiation of couples has a mediating effect on the relationship between emotional intelligence and marital forgiveness (-0.07) and also the relationship between spiritual intelligence and marital forgiveness (0.048).
Conclusions: According to the research results, it can be said that the causal model of marital forgiveness based on emotional intelligence and spiritual intelligence with the mediating role of differentiation has a good fit and therefore the knowledge of counselors, psychologists, and experts about these variables can be helpful.

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Aim and Background: Quality of life includes different dimensions of physical, mental and social health and comfort of people's lives and is affected by various factors. For this reason, this research was conducted with the aim of predicting emotional intelligence based on the quality of life of married people with the mediation of self-confidence in married women.
Methods and Materials: The research method was descriptive-correlation. The statistical population of the research included all married women living in Semnan who had referred to counseling centers. The sampling method was purposeful and based on entry and exit criteria, 384 people were selected based on Morgan's table. The data collection tools include Petrides and Farnham's standard emotional intelligence questionnaires, World Health Organization's quality of life, and Cooper Smith's standard self-confidence questionnaire. Data analysis was done using ANOVA and regression tests. Also, SPSS software, version 26 was used at a significance level of 0.05.
Findings: The results of the research showed that among the variable dimensions of self-confidence, the educational and occupational scale ranked first with 41.2%, the social scale ranked second with 34.4%, the family scale ranked third with 23.1% and the general scale. With 19.15%, they are in the fourth place and the lie scale with negative 18.9%, affecting the quality of life of married women. Therefore, the role of self-confidence dimensions is significant (p<0.05). The results of examining the effect of emotional intelligence on self-confidence in married women in the research model were 21.9%. Also, the beta value of the relationship between married people's quality of life and emotional intelligence was found to be 0.469 in the first model and 0.539 in the second model, and the moderating variable of self-confidence has an increasing role, and its value is 0.274, and the moderating role of confidence is breath was statistically significant (p<0.05).
Conclusions: According to the results, clients can be informed about how low self-confidence can add to their psychological problems and how they can overcome their psychological problems with emotional intelligence to increase their quality of life during marriage.