A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Marital Satisfaction (Iran 2001-2011)

Given the importance of emotional intelligence in marital relationships, this is a meta-analysis of 16 studies on the relationship between emotional intelligence and marital satisfaction. Using these meta-analysis techniques to integrate the results of different studies, the effect size of the relationship between emotional intelligence and marital satisfaction is identified. For this purpose, among 30 studies, 16 studies which were acceptable in terms of methodological and metaanalysis was performed on them. The research instrument was meta-analysis checklist. This study includes 3994 subjective and 16 effect size. Research findings show that emotional intelligence relationship with marital relationship (r=0. 23) (p=0/00001). Evaluated according to Cohen table effect size is low. So, along with emotional intelligence in marital satisfaction following variables must also be strong.