Does Emotional Intelligence Depend on Gender? A Study on Undergraduate English Majors of Three Iranian Universities

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ID3352280
AutoresMaryam Meshkat (Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, autor correspondente), Reza Nejati (0000-0001-7222-7616, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University)
Ano2017
Volume7
Fascículo3
Páginas215824401772579
Data de publicação2017-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSAGE Open (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/2158244017725796
OpenAlexW2752852783
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas22
Referências citadas43

The intelligence of success, emotional intelligence, is said to be different in males and females. The present study was attempted to determine whether students from different genders are different in emotional intelligence and its related components in Iran. The Bar-On Emotional Quotient Inventory was distributed among 455 undergraduate university students majoring in English. These English majors were selected through availability sampling from Allameh Tabatabaee University, Khatam University, and Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University in Tehran. They completed the inventory in 30 to 45 min and a MANOVA was run on the results of the questionnaire. Results showed that there was no significant difference between the genders on their total score measuring emotional intelligence, but the genders did tend to differ in emotional self-awareness, interpersonal relationship, self-regard, and empathy with females scoring higher than males. Self-regard, a component where males usually score higher, has yielded different results in this study which can open new avenues of research

Developmental psychology · Emotional intelligence · Empathy · Interpersonal communication · Multivariate analysis of variance · Shahid · Emotional Intelligence and Performance · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology