Relationship of Emotional Intelligence with Mental Health and Differences based on Gender

Abstract

The objective of the present study was to the investigation of the correlation among mental health and emotional intelligence and gender differences in emotional intelligence and university students’ mental health. A total of 100 respondents (male = 50, female = 50) were selected from Rajshahi University. Two scales are used here to collect data: the Bangla adaptation of the emotional intelligence scale (Tushar, 2013) and the Bangla version of the GHQ-12 scale (Rahman & Sarker, 1979) were administered to the respondents. The study used a t-test and Pearson and Spearman correlation to analyze the data, demonstrating a strong positive correlation between mental health and emotional intelligence, but no significant differences were found between genders.