en Health Promotion Health Promotion پژوهشي Original Article <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;"><b><span new="" times=""><font color="#000000">Background:</font></span></b><font color="#000000"> </font><span new="" times=""><font color="#000000">Emotional quotient is the ability to manage and control the anxiety, tension, hope and optimism in the face of obstacles on the way of achieving the purpose. The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between the emotional quotient and emotional maturity in the students of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences in 2016.</font></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;"><font color="#000000"><b><span new="" times="">Methods: </span></b><span new="" times="">The present study was a cross-sectional study which it carried out on 396 students with mean age of (M = 22.14, SD = 21.14). Data was collected through two questionnaires include Bar-On Emotional quotient Inventory (EQ-i) and Emotional Maturity Scale (EMS). The results were analyzed using SPSS version 22 and linear regression and Pearson&#39;s correlation tests.</span></font></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;"><b><span new="" times=""><font color="#000000">Results:</font></span></b><font color="#000000"> </font><span new="" times=""><font color="#000000">The results showed that there&#39;s a significant relationship (<em>P</em>&le;0.001) between emotional quotient and emotional maturity, also, between the emotional maturity with the Interpersonal Component (<em>P</em>&le;0.001), Intrapersonal Component (<em>P</em>&le;0.001), Adaptability Component (<em>P</em>&le;0.001), and Stress Management Component (<em>P</em> &le;0.001) And General Mood Component (<em>P</em>&le;0.001). </font></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;"><font color="#000000"><b><span new="" times="">Conclusion: </span></b><span new="" times="">Based on the results of this study, it is proposed that researchers carry out greater studies in students, identify factors associated with emotional maturity and develop precise plans in order to strengthen these factors and increase the rate of emotional quotient in students.</span></font></span></span></p> Emotional quotient, Emotional maturity, Students, Kurdistan 96 104 http://jhehp.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-93-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Fayegh Yousefi fykmsu@gmail.com 10031947532846009416 10031947532846009416 Yes Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran. Shohreh Baharvand Ahmadi 10031947532846009417 10031947532846009417 No Department of Faculty of Medicine, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran.University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran.