Emotional Intelligence and its Relationship with Social Skills and Attachment Styles of University Students in Light of Specialization and Gender

Abstract

This study aimed at investigating the relationship among
emotional intelligence, social skills and attachment styles of university
students. The sample consisted of (475) male and female students in
Al- Hussein Bin Talal University in Ma'an, Jordan. To collect the
data, three scales were used in this study including a scale of
emotional intelligence, a scale of social skills and a scale of
attachment styles. In order to answer the questions of the study, the
means, standard deviations, two way ANOVA (2×2), correlation
coefficients, and multiple regression were computed. The results of the
study revealed that there is statistically significant differences in the
emotional intelligence between male and female students in favor of
female students. Also, the results revealed that there is statistically
significant differences in the emotional intelligence between students
specializing in the sciences as opposed to literature in favor of
students of literature. In addition, the results of the study revealed that
there is statistically significant correlation between emotional
intelligence and both social skills and attachment styles.