The Role of the Emotional Intelligence and Social Skills on Predicting Religiosity of High School Students in Qazvin

This study aimed to investigate the relationship emotional intelligence and social skills with religiosity and to determine the predictive role of emotional intelligence and social skills in religiosity of the students in Qazvin. The research method was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population consisted of all high school students at district 2 in Qazvin. The sample of the study was 100 male students who were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling. The research tools included Emotional Intelligence Scale, Social Skills Scale and Religiosity Scale. The gathered data were analyzed through Pearson correlation and multivariate regression analysis. The findings of Pearson correlation showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between emotional intelligence, social skills, and religiosity. Furthermore, the findings of multivariate regression analysis showed that each of the variables of emotional intelligence and social skills as a predictor variable could predict the religiosity variable as a criterion variable.