The relationship between emotional intelligence and job stress in the faculty of medicine in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

Introduction: health care professionals especially clinicians, undergo lots ofjob stress (js). emotional intelligence (ei) is among the variables that appearto be associated with stress. it is also included among the ways adopted bythe individuals in order to resist js in the workplace. thus, this study aimsto investigate the relationship between ei and js in the faculty members ofisfahan university of medical sciences (iums).methods: this was a correlational study performed on 202 faculty membersof iums. the data was gathered through two valid and reliable questionnaires(bradberry ei questionnaire and js questionnaire), being analyzed by spsssoftware using descriptive statistics, pearson correlation coefficient, t-test,analysis of variance (anova) and linear regression analysis (?=0.05).results: 142 individuals (70.30%) filled out the questionnaires. 75% of therespondents were male and 98% were married. there was an inverse correlationbetween the total score of ei and the level of js (r=-0.235, p=0.005). moreover,among the factors of ei, self-awareness and self-management scores hadsignificant inverse relationship with the level of js. linear regression analysisshowed that the ei factors explained approximately 7% of the variance of jslevels of the teachers.conclusions: individuals with high ei have less js. since the ei can be taught,it can be expected that the js of faculty members can be reduced throughtraining them on emotional intelligence. therefore, it is recommended thatshort-term training courses be scheduled and designed based on the conceptsof ei for teachers, particularly clinicians.