Study of correlation between emotional intelligence and academic achievement among Iranian students in Zabol University of Medical Sciences, 2017

Academic life is one of the most important dimensions of life of individuals that has a great impact on other aspects of life. Among these, one of the basic problems of educational life of each country and educational system in each country, is the problem of academic failure and low level of academic performance of students and students in that country. Emotional intelligence has been considered as a new topic in the field of psychology. The results of this study showed that there is a reverse and significant relationship between emotional intelligence and age with academic achievement. We could not find any relationship between emotional intelligence and academic achievement with marital status in non-syllabus classes. There was also no statistical relationship between academic achievement and gender. : Based on the findings and considering that part of the emotional intelligence can be learned, it is suggested that, in academic settings, along with attention to intelligence and cognitive talents, the inclusion of the concept of emotional intelligence in the student's curriculum in the form of Educational sessions on social skills and life skills helped them to better cope with educational and social pressures and less academic failure.