Power of emotional intelligence, coping strategies and locus of control in predicting students’ general health

General health is a concern for university students. this study aimed to assess power of emotional intelligence, coping strategies with stress, and locus of control in predicting nursing students’ general health. this is a correlative study, with a study population of all undergraduate nursing students. due to the small sample size, all nursing students of the years: 2009, 2010, and 2011 were selected as subjects, which made a total of 145 students. study tools included emotional intelligence, coping strategies, and locus of control and general health questionnaires. for analysis of data, stepwise regression test was used. analysis results showed that variables of emotion-oriented coping styles, locus of control, and emotional intelligence, respectively could predict students’ general health. results obtained in this study confirm the role of coping styles with emotional stress, locus of control, and emotional intelligence as predicting parameters of students’ general health. this result can be effective in counseling students for promotion of their health.