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OBJECTIVE: The study was conducted to determine the health school nursing students’ emotional intelligence and sociodemographic characteristics. METHODS:The study is descriptive. Population of the study comprised 225 first, second, third and fourth class in 2011-2012 academic year at the health school of a state university in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. And the sample included 158 students who agreed to participate in the study. Data was collected by performing the personal information form and emotional intelligence scale. Frequency, percentage, t test, One-Way ANOVA and Tukey’s HSD test were used to evaulate the data. RESULTS: Students’ total emotional intelligence score is determined as 85.41±7.87, sub-scale scores, taking advantage of emotions 16.17±3.23, optimism 42.89±6.24, expression of emotions 26.34±5.06. Total emotional intelligence score, taking advantage of emotions and expression of emotions subscale mean scores of male students were significantly higher than female students (p 0.05). CONCLUSION: As a result, students’ emotional intelligence were generally found below the medium level in this study. Generating education programs by considering emotional intelligence influencing factors is recommended.[]

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