مقايسه رابطه افسردگي مادران و هوش هيجاني دختران نوجوان شنوا و ناشنواي شهر اصفهان

Comparing correlation between motherfs depression and their deaf and hearing adolescent daughterʹs emotional intelligenc

Aim and Background: This research examined the relation between motherʹs depression score and the studentʹs 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 Pearsonʹs 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 motherʹs depression score of two groups delineated that, there was significant difference between them. And motherʹs depression score of deaf students was more. Correlation results revealed that motherʹs 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 mothersʹ depression is related to emotional intelligence. Finally results demonstrated motherʹs depression score is related to decreased emotional intelligence of deaf students, while motherʹs undepression score is related to increased emotional intelligence of hearing students.