The Mediating Role of Emotional Intelligence in the Relationship between Life Style and Quality of Teacher Working Life

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the mediating role of emotional intelligence in the relationship between lifestyle and quality of work life.

This was a descriptive-correlational research. The statistical population of the study was 550 female teachers of elementary school in Torbat Heydariyeh city in 1397, 300 of whom were selected by non-random sampling method. Data were collected using three standard questionnaires: Walton Work Quality of Life (1973), Miller Lifestyle (2001), and Shot et al. (1998) Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire. it placed .

The results of data analysis showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between the lifestyle and quality of work life of primary school teachers in Torbat Heydariyeh. Life style has positive and significant relationship with emotional intelligence of elementary school teachers in Torbat Heydariyeh. Emotional Intelligence has a positive and significant relationship with quality of work life of primary school teachers in Torbat Heydariyeh

The results of this study showed that emotional intelligence mediates the effect of lifestyle on the quality of work life of elementary school teachers in Torbat Heydariyeh.