Does Emotional Intelligence Have Anything to Do with Risk-taking among Iranian EFL Learners?

This study investigated the role of gender as a potential predictor of health behaviour and potential moderator of the relationship between emotional intelligence and health behaviour. This cross-sectional study included 1214 students (597 males and 617 females). Data were collected using the Schutte Self-Report Inventory and the Health Behaviour Checklist. Stepwise multiple regression analysis was executed with the components of health behaviour as the dependent variables to examine the predictive value of the emotional intelligence indicators as the independent variables. Gender predicted all categories of health behaviours. Only one indicator of emotional intelligence, appraisal, predicted the Accident Control and Traffic Risk Taking categories. The emotional intelligence indicator of social skills emerged only as a predictor of Wellness Maintenance and Enhancement in university students. Gender moderates the relationship between all emotional intelligence indicators and health behaviour components except the relationship between Appraisal and Substance Risk Taking and the relationship between Utilization and traffic risk taking.

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The Youth and Social Entrepreneurship

Incorporating Business Models and Strategies into Social Entrepreneurship - Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-8748-6.ch009 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 145-153

Author(s):

Vannie Naidoo

Keyword(s):

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Young People ◽

Natural Disasters ◽

Risk Taking ◽

Social Entrepreneurship ◽

Global Economy ◽

Complex World ◽

The People ◽

The World ◽

Entrepreneurial Activities

In today's world where the global economy is shrinking and the people of the world are constantly being plaque by recession, natural disasters, poverty and war the youth have to grapple with all these stressful influences. Due to the recession the job markets have become saturated as recession has hit the global economies throughout the world. The youth now are tasked with becoming involved in entrepreneurial activities to survive in these complex world economies. However entrepreneurship is not an easy endeavour. It is not for the faint hearted either. Entrepreneurism involves drive, perseverance, emotional intelligence and risk taking. A way forward for young people is social entrepreneurship as it offers them very viable opportunities within the backdrop of such a volatile economy.

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The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Learning Strategies among Iranian EFL Learners

Theory and Practice in Language Studies ◽

10.17507/tpls.0605.06 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 6 (5) ◽

pp. 952

Author(s):

Laleh Taheri ◽

Esmaeil Jadidi

Keyword(s):

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Stress Management ◽

Learning Strategies ◽

Cognitive Strategies ◽

Social Strategies ◽

Efl Learners ◽

Positive Correlation ◽

Memory Strategies ◽

The Relationship ◽

Personal Skill

The primary objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between Iranian EFL learners' emotional intelligence and their use of learning strategies. In so doing, one hundred English advanced learners of Iran Language Institute (ILI) at Shiraz branch (30 males and 70 females) were selected to participate in this study. The Bar-On (1980) Emotional Quotient Inventory questionnaire (EQ-I), and the Strategy Inventory for language Learning (SILL) (Oxford, 1990) were administered to determine the significance of the relationship between emotional intelligence and learning strategies. The results of correlation showed that there were positive significant relationships between some components of the two variables. The intra personal skill had positive correlations with memory strategies (r=.000, p<.05), cognitive strategies(r=.000, p<.05), metacognitive strategies(r=.006, p<.05), and social strategies(r=.02, p<.05).which showed that learners with intra personal skill use different learning strategies. There were also a positive correlation between social strategies with adaptability (r=.009, p<.05), and stress management (r=.004, p<.05). A positive correlation was also seen between memory strategies and stress management (r=.04, p<.05). The results of this study clearly depicts that among the emotional intelligence variables, intra personal skill got the highest relationship with components of learning strategies. This study has some pedagogical implications for researchers, teachers, policy makers, and educators.

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