Study into the Impact of Identity Style and Emotional Intelligence on Academic Performance and Motive Achievement

This study attempted to identify the student's identity styles and to investigate the impact of identity styles and emotional intelligence on academic performance and achievement motive of MA students, hence 450 students attending different university colleges of Tehran Azad University (Central Branch) were selected through multi-stage cluster random sampling. The above-mentioned group was then tested by "Identity Style, Achievement Motive and Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire". In this regard their degree results were also calculated. Results indicated that the highest average score with regard to the student's identity styles belonged to the normative and informative groups respectively; furthermore, analyzing the acquired data supports the effect of identity style and emotional intelligence on achievement motive; however, no significant relationship was perceived between identity style, emotional intelligence and achievement motive with academic performance.