fa رابطه هوش هیجانی و تنش تحصیلی در دانشجویان دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند General پژوهشي Research Article Background and Aim : Emotional intelligence (EI) theory provides view about predicting effective factors in people's life whether in education or profession. Respect to present studies, people who have higher emotional skills are more successful in many of life dimensions including reaction to stress and controlling stress situations. Since students will make the future of society, this study was done to evaluate relationship between emotional intelligence and education stress in the students of BUMS. Materials and Methods: In this cross sectional study 260 students were selected by proportional sampling from four faculties: medical, nursing and midwifery, premedical and hygiene. Data was collected by two questionnaires: standardized EI sharing (33 questions, 5 domains) and student-life stress inventory (57 questions, 9 domais). Data was analyzed by t-test independent, Pearson correlation, and X2 and regression logistic in surface a&le0.05. Results: 65.8% participants were women and 31.1% were Men. Participants were 44.6% in associate diploma level, 31.2% in bachelor and 23.1% in MD. There isn't significant correlation between EI scores and educational stress in students .There is significant relationship between EI with sex (P=0.02) and mean ofEI scores with 3 domains of educational stress: personal's favorites (P=0.004), reaction to stressors (P=0.002) and doing in stressful situations (P=0.00l) respectively. Conclusion: Since EI are very important for mental health and educational success, therefore it is recommended to pay more attention to it in curriculum and trainings for students. Stress life students,Emotional intelligence,Students 5 14 http://mcj.bums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-523&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Mohammad Reza Miri محمد رضا میری 10031947532846004633 10031947532846004633 Yes ssistant Professor,Birjand University of Medical Sciences. Birjand, Iran. Email: miri_moh@bums.ac.ir استادیار آموزشکده بهداشت، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند. تلفن: 4440167-0561 پست الکترونیک: miri-moh@bums.ac.ir Hoda Khoshbakht هدی خوشبخت 10031947532846004634 10031947532846004634 No Nurse دانشجوی پرستاری دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند