TY - JOUR JF - nmj JO - J Res Dev Nurs Midw VL - 8 IS - 2 PY - 2012 Y1 - 2012/2/01 TI - Gender Difference and Emotional Intelligence in Golestan University ‌of Medical Sciences’ Students TT - تفاوت جنسیتی و هوش هیجانی در دانشجویان دانشگاه علوم پزشکی گلستان N2 -   Background and Objective : The relation between gender and emotional intelligence has been considered in different studies and it seems that females have higher emotional intelligence. ­We aimed to determine gender difference in emotional intelligence among students of Golestan University of medical sciences.   Materials and Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted, 2008, on 180­ students selected randomly.­ For data collection, we used a valid and reliable­(r= 0.75 to 0.85)­emotional intelligence questionnaire named Cyberia shrink. Descriptive statistics and independent t-test (p ≤ 0.05) were used to analyze the data, using SPSS-­16 software.   Results: As the results show, There is significant difference­(P=0.03)­between Females’ emotional intelligence (104.2) and males’ (100.1). Female students have higher scores in their self control, self awareness and social awareness (P SP - 30 EP - 34 AU - molaie, einollah AU - asayesh, hamid AU - taghva kish, behzad AU - ghorbani, mostafa AD - KW - Emotional intelligence KW - Gender difference KW - University student UR - http://nmj.goums.ac.ir/article-1-157-en.html ER -