Research on Addiction (Feb 2009)
The relationship between emotional intelligence and resilience in students at university of social welfare science and rehabilitation
Abstract
Objectives: The aim of the present study was to examine relationship between emotional intelligence and resilience in students at university of social welfare science and rehabilitation. Method:100 students resident in bedroom participated in this correlational study. Modified Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale (MSEIS) and Coonor-Davidson Resilience Scale(CDRIS) were applied to assess variables. Data were analyzed by Pearson correlation and multiple regressions. Finding: This study revealed significant associations among emotional intelligence factors and resilience(p<0/01). Results of multiple regression showed that the emotional intelligence factors can Predict respectively 41% of the resilience variance (p<0/0001). Conclusion: The more the emotional intelligence are higher and favorable, the more probability that students becomes resilient in the face of adversity.
