The Study of Relation Between Emotional Intelligence and Students’ Academic Achievement of High Schools in Tehran City

AbstractThe purpose of present study is to investigate the relations between components of emotional intelligence and students’ academic achievement of High schools in Tehran city .The research method was descriptive .The samples included about 380 subjects,180 girls and 200 boys students. Collected data were analyzed by using of T- student Test and Pearson Correlation.Results showed that there is significant correlation between main components of emotional intelligence including self-motivation, self-awareness, self-regulation, social consciousness, social skills and students’ academic achievement. Also there is meaningful difference between male and female students’ emotional intelligence