The Relationship of Abstract thinking with Emotional Intelligence and its Components in Isfahan city Physicians and Teachers

Subject Areas : Educational

الهه  حجه‌فروش ¹ ()
مختار  ملک‌پور ² ()
محسن  گل‌پرور ³ ()

Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2013-02-19

Keywords: Physicians, Emotional intelligence, Abstract thinking, teachers,

Abstract :

This research was conducted with the aim of studying the correlation between abstract thinking and emotional intelligence (EI) in Isfahan general physicians and teachers. Research method was correlational, and statistical population included general physicians and teachers of guidance and high schools in the city Isfahan, among them 77 physicians and 180 teachers were selected by applying random sampling. Research instruments were Ravens Adults Intelligence Questionnaire (Raven, 1938) and Emotional Intelligence Inventory (Siberia Sheering, 1995). The data were analyzed with the use of Pearson correlation coefficient. The results demonstrated that in teacher’s sample, in general there are significant relationships between abstract thinking with general emotional intelligence, self- stimulation, empathy and social skills (p < ?). Also among female teachers, significant relationships were found between abstract thinking with general emotional intelligence, self- stimulation and social skills, but there were no significant relationships between abstract thinking and emotional intelligence and its components in mal teacher. The results in both physicians, overall, and female ones, revealed that, there is a significant relationship between abstract thinking with, self- stimulation(p < ?), but in male physicians there were no significant relationships between abstract thinking with emotional intelligence and its components.