Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Educational Achievement

Problem Statement: Achievement encompasses student ability and performance, it as the quality and quantity of a student's work, is multidimensional and strongly related to human cognitive, emotional, social, and physical development. In the beginning, psychologists focused on cognitive constructs but, researchers recognized that there are other non-cognitive aspects of intelligence such as emotional intelligence. In this study we want to see whether there is a relationship between emotional intelligence and academic achievement or not? Purpose of Study: The research purpose is to look into the relationship between emotional intelligence and academic achievement. we want to know whether we should incorporate emotional intelligence in school programs. Research Methods: In a correlation study, a sample of 100 individuals was selected using the opportunity or convenience sampling among the students of Islamic Azad University, Tehran South branch and were tested with emotional intelligence questionnaires (Bradberry & Greaves, 2003). Findings: Results indicated that there's no significant association between emotional intelligence and the students' end-of-the-term and diploma degrees. Conclusions: In our research no significant relation was found between emotional intelligence (self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and relationship management) and academic achievement. Moreover, the strong relationship between diploma and university degrees was observed that indicates that academic success is significantly correlated to IQ and can be a reliable predictor of educational achievement. Our findings here do not prove any significant association between emotional intelligence and diploma and university degree and we conclude that it can't be a reliable predictor of educational achievement. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of Dr. Zafer Bekirogullari of Cognitive - Counselling, Research & Conference Services C-crcs.