Meta-Analysis of the Relationship Between Psychological Health and Emotional Intelligence
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This research was conducted with the aim of quantitatively combining research in the field of relationship between emotional intelligence and mental health using meta-analysis method. Also, determining the role of variables such as the type of tool used in primary research, the gender and age of subjects on this relationship was another goal of this meta-analysis. According to the entry criteria, 17 primary studies were analyzed. After removing an outlier effect size based on the results of the funnel plot, the summery effect size between these two variables was equal to 0.48. Also, heterogeneity analysis showed the possible role of moderating variables on the relationship between these two constructs. The type of instrument used to measure mental health had a small role in the resulting effect sizes. In relation to gender, it was also found that the summary effect size of the relationship between emotional intelligence and mental health is higher in women than in men. Also, the effect sizes of the relationship between the .two mentioned variables increase with the age of the examinees