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Jamdar S, Donyavi Z. Research Paper: Investigating the Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Moral Skills of Dental Students of Alborz University of Medical Sciences Faculty of Dentistry in 2020. Journal title 2023; 12 (1) :45-54
URL: http://3dj.gums.ac.ir/article-1-564-en.html

Introduction: Higher emotional intelligence can lead to higher moral sensitivity and ultimately improve the quality of students’ performance. The present study was designed to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and moral skills of dental students of Alborz University of Medical Sciences in 2020.
Materials and Methods: The present study is a cross-sectional study, descriptive and analytical, which was conducted in the academic year of 2019-2020 among the students of the third year and above of the dental field at the Faculty of Dentistry of Alborz University of Medical Sciences. To collect data, Bar-On Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire and Moral Skills Questionnaire were used. After coding, the data were analyzed by SPSS version 24 software. For this purpose, the obtained information was analyzed using linear and multiple regression models and Pearson’s correlation coefficient
Results: In the present study, 30 people including 20(67%) women and 10(33%) men were studied. The results of the present study showed that there is no significant difference between the variables of emotional intelligence and moral skills. But there was a strong positive relationship between emotional intelligence and overall values of moral skills (P=0.000). Also, in moral skills, there was a significant positive 
relationship between emotional intelligence and moral integrity (P=0.019) and moral courage (P=0.035).
Conclusion:The results of this study showed that students with higher emotional intelligence have higher level of moral skills. It is suggested to include workshops related to emotional intelligence in the educational courses of students, especially dental students, to increase this ability in students.