An investigation into the correlation between emotional intelligence and communication skills among nursing students

Nursing is an important field of study in which multiple intelligences such as emotional intelligence and spiritual intelligence play a more important role than in other fields of study.

The present study was aimed at examining the correlation between emotional intelligence and communication skills among nursing students studying in Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences.

In the present descriptive-correlational study, 286 nursing students were selected by a convenience sampling method. The required data were collected by a self-report method using Siberia Sharing Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire and Barton Communication Skills Questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and correlational tests through SPSS 21.0.

According to Pearson correlation coefficient, the level of correlation between communication skills and emotional intelligence and its areas was significant and positive (p<0.001).

Emotional intelligence and communication skills are closely correlated. Paying attention to this important issue among students along with physical, mental, and social dimensions can lead to an improvement in communication skills of this community and quality of nursing care in the future.