An investigation of the relationship between gifted and normal female high school students emotional intelligence and social skills in in Khoy Township in 1388-89

The aim of this paper is to investigate of the relationship between gifted and normal female high school students’ emotional intelligence and social skills in KhoyTownship in 1388-89.The research method is descriptive - correlational one. The statistical population was 1892 people (118 gifted and 1774 normal). Using Cochran’s adjusted formula the sample size was 51 gifted and 268 normal people. The sampling method was multi-phase cluster one. In order to gather the data two standardized questionnaires namely: emotional intelligence (Shring) and social skills (George Herbert Mid) were used. The results showed that there is not significant relationship between emotional intelligence and social skills of gifted and normal students. There is significant difference between the mean scores of gifted students and normal students. The mean scores of gifted students in emotional intelligence and social skills were significantly higher than normal students.