Emotional intelligence as a predictor of self-efficacy among students with different levels of academic achievement at Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences.
BACKGROUND
studies have indicated that emotional intelligence is positively related to self-efficacy and can predict the academic achievement. The present study aimed to investigate the role of emotional intelligence in identifying self-efficacy among the students of Public Health School with different levels of academic achievement.


METHODS
This correlational study was conducted on all the students of Public Health School. 129 students were included in the study through census method. Data were collected using Emotional Intelligence and self-efficacy questionnaires and analyzed using descriptive statistics and regression analysis by SPSS 14.


RESULTS
The average score of students with high academic achievement was higher in self-efficacy (39.78±5.82) and emotional intelligence (117.07±10.33) variables and their components than that of students with low academic achievement (39.17±5.91, 112.07±13.23). The overall emotional intelligence score to predict self-efficacy explanation was different among students with different levels of academic achievement (p<0.001). Self-efficacy structure was explained through self-awareness and self-motivation components in students with low academic achievement (r=0.571). In students with high academic achievement, self-awareness, self-motivation and social consciousness played an effective role in explaining self-efficacy (r=0.677, p<0.001).


CONCLUSIONS
Emotional intelligence and self-efficacy play an important role in achieving academic success and emotional intelligence can explain self-efficacy. Therefore, it is recommended to teach emotional intelligence skills to students with low academic achievement through training workshops.
School of Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran;
Ameneh
A
Gharetepeh
School of Paramedical Sciences, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran;
Yahya
Y
Safari
School of Health, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran;
Tahereh
T
Pashaei
School of Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran;
Mansour
M
Razaei
Department of Educational Science and Psychology, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran;
Mohammad
M
Bagher Kajbaf
Achievement; Emotional intelligences; Self efficacy