Keywords
Emotional Intelligence
Students
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Abstract
Introduction: Emotional intelligence (EI) is understanding one’s own emotions and manage those emotions without disturbing themselves. Numerous investigations have revealed that there is a positive relationship between higher level of emotional intelligence and excellent academic success among students.
Objectives: To assess the level of emotional intelligence among medical students and find out the stream and gender variation in emotional intelligence.
Methodology: A cross- sectional study was conducted among 151 bachelor of medicine bachelor of surgery (MBBS)and bachelor of dental surgery (BDS) students studying in first and second year at KIST medical college from June 2023 to August 2023. EI questionnaire by Emily Sterrett was administered. Frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation were used as descriptive statistics and t-test was used to see the difference in the mean EI score with significance level <0.05.
Results: Out of 151 students, 102(67.54%) were MBBS students whereas 49 (32.45%) were BDS. The mean Emotional intelligence score (EI) was 108.66±11.77. The mean EI score was found to be higher in BDS students (113.28± 8.84) than MBBS (106.45 ± 12.38) and the difference in the mean score was highly significant. Similarly, females were found to have higher EI score than males and the difference was statistically significant.
Conclusion: The study demonstrates that dental students have higher emotional intelligence than MBBS students and females have higher emotional intelligence than males.
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