Author/Authors :
Bazrafkan, Leila School of Medicine - Clinical Education Research Center - Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran , Torki, Farangis school of Public Health - Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Fars, Iran , Rakhshani, Tayebeh Department of Public Health - School of Health - Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Abstract :
Background: Emotional intelligence is considered as one of the
significant aspects of person-environment adaptation and one
of the important factors of individual differences. As students
of each society are the human resources and the constructors
of its future, and their physical and mental health is of great
importance, the present study aimed to compare emotional
intelligence in medical and non-medical students of Hormozgan
University of Medical Sciences.
Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted
on 483 students of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences
who were selected through stratified sampling in 2018. The
data collection tool was the Goleman’s standardized emotional
intelligence questionnaire. Chi-square and independent t-test
were used for statistical data analysis by SPSS version 20. The
significance level was considered 0.05 in all the tests.
Results: T he m ean a nd s tandard d eviation o f e motional
intelligence in medical and non-medical students were 81.79±8.45
and 84.03±7.71, respectively. The independent t-test showed that
there was a significant difference between the mean score of
emotional intelligence and the field of study (P=0.003).
Conclusion: The results of this study showed that the mean
score of emotional intelligence in non-medical students was
higher than that of medical students. Hence, it is suggested that
educational managers of universities should have special financial
investments in emotional self-awareness, while holding training
courses and using human resource educators for conducting
emotional intelligence promotion workshops.
