Emotional Intelligence and Creativity in University Students

Subject Areas : روان درمانگری

Azam  Noferesti ¹ (Jahad Daneshgahi Tarbiat Moallem Branch)
Fatemeh  Moin al-ghorabaie ² (Jahad Daneshgahi Tarbiat Moallem Branch)

Received: 2015-06-03 Accepted : 2015-06-03 Published : 2010-12-22

Keywords: gender, Emotional intelligence, Creativity,

Abstract :

the relationship between emotional intelligence and creativity among college students was examined. Two hundred and thirty six female and 160 male students from Tehran universities were selected using multistage cluster sampling method and answered the Schutte Self Report Emotional Intelligence Scale (Schutte et al., 1998) and Creativity Questionnaire (Abedi, 1993). The findings show- ed a significant positive relationship between the three aspects of Emotional Intelligence (EI) and creativity in both genders. Results of Fisher's transformation showed that the correlation coefficients between the EI aspect of appraisal and expression of emotion and the subscales of creativity (elaboration, flexibility, fluency and total score of creativity) were significantly higher among males than the females. Regression analysis revealed that in females the two aspects of regulation of emotion and apprasial and expression of emotion (r2 = 0.07) and in males the EI total score and the appraisal and expression of emotion (r2 = 0.16) explained the variance in creativity.