The effect of Emotional Intelligence component education on nursing student happiness and academic achievement

Emotional intelligence is collected of unawareness capacity of persons that enhanced the adaption ability of persons, with environmental requirement and external stressful elements. This study was done by goal of assessment the effect of Emotional Intelligence component education on nursing student happiness and academic achievement. 

present study was quasi-experimental and numerical society are the nursing student of Gonbad-Kavoos at the year of 2018 and samples selecting by convenience method. Sample volume was 30 persons, to per group of experimental and control groups 15 persons according to random allocation list were appropriation. Research tools contain oxford happiness questionnaire, Bradberry-Greves emotional intelligence teaching in experiment group at 6 weeks in 12 session that 50 min continue. To analyzing data independent T-test and one-way multi variable co-variance methods was used.

in the evaluation of EQ components in two group, social awareness at intervention group and self awareness at control group have acquired maximum of scores. Total score of EQ at intervention and control group were 11.9 ±4.29 , 9.7±7.41 . Thus intervention group comparison with control group in scores, have significant differences (p<0/05). In happiness variable, pre and post test scores in control and intervention groups were 32.84±4.2, 34.74±6.3 and 34.15±5.6, 50.47±8.5 that illustrative the eminent differences. Similarly in assessment of academic achievement variable in pre and post test between control and intervention group were significant (p<0/05).

Result of this research showed us that emotional intelligence component education at intervention group can one positive effect in happiness and academic achievement of nursing students. Thus suggested by leaning to emotional intelligence component education and reinforcement those, level of happiness and academic achievement enhanced in the all of medicine students.