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Background: The Mental health is one of the important issues in the present world. Emotional intelligence components directly affect the human mental health. Person’s Perception of Self-efficacy effects on his/her mental health. The present study was conducted to investigate the role of emotional intelligence and self-efficacy as predictors of mental health.
Material & Method: The research procedure was a cross-sectional and using correlation. The population was all students in the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery of University of Birjand in 2013-2014. The sample conducted among 150 students (95 female and 55 male) that were selected by convenience sampling. The Data was gathered through Schutte et al Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire, Thwarts and Jerusalem Self-Efficacy Questionnaire and Goldberg’s Mental Health Questionnaire. Then it was analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation), inferential statistics (correlation coefficient, multiple regressions) and SPSS version 22.
Results: Findings showed that there was a significant correlation between mental health with emotional intelligence (p
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