The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence Bar-on and its Components with Religion in teenager

This study aimed at determining the relationship between emotional intelligence component Bar-on and religion among teenager (high school students) in Qazvin, in District 1. The research method is descriptive and correlative. The population is high school students of the district 1, Qazvin. The sample consisted of 100 university students who were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling. Data gathering instruments were Emotional Intelligence Scale of Bar-on (1997) and Khodayari-fard, Samavati, and Akbari-Zaradkhaneh’s religiosity coefficient (2009). Data analysis was conducted by using Pearson correlation analysis and multiple regression. The results of Pearson correlation indicated that there is a significant positive relationship between emotional intelligence and religiosity as well as all the components of emotional intelligence (except sub-component of stress control). The results of multiple regression analysis showed that emotional intelligence as predictor variables can predict religiosity as a criterion variable in a meaningful and positive manner. Regression analysis revealed that each of the components of emotional intelligence (except the sub-components of stress control) can positively and meaningfully predict religiosity. The comparison of the beta coefficients indicated that the most important predictive factors for religiosity is the public mood.