European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG STUDENTS STUDYING ENGLISH TRANSLATION IN CHABAHAR CITY 2016

Mohammad Salim Pasand* and Adel Kadkhodaei

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Emotional intelligence is an ability to improve thinking skills. As the traditional definition Intelligence is the most important factor in success and academic achievement. Due to above mentioned definition this study aimed to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and academic achievement among students studying English translation in Chabahar city. Material and Methods: 76 English translation students took part in this cross-sectional study. The data were collected through Bradbury's emotional intelligence questionnaire. Finally the data were collected through descriptive statistics by SPSS v19. Results: 52 respondents were males and 24 were females. The mean of age was 23.47 ± 5.03 in this study. The Pearson correlation test showed that there was a significant relationship between emotional intelligence and academic achievement (p=0.024). Conclusion: The results of this study had shown a significant relationship between emotional intelligence and academic achievement. So teaching emotional skills to students can be effective for student's success in education. It is suggest to add a lesson as emotional intelligence concepts to student's educational program for this aim.

Keywords: Emotional intelligence, academic achievement, English translation students, Chabahar.