An investigation of the correlation between happiness and emotional intelligence, hypnotic susceptibility and gender

Pages:186-188
Sepideh Iranfar (Department of Speech Therapy, Students Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran)

This Study had been aimed to discover the correlation between happiness and other variables such as emotional intelligence, Hypnotic susceptibility, gender difference and happiness in a simple of 40 undergraduate and graduate with the cluster sampling in the Abadan Oil college(in Iran). Data was collected with three questionnaires such as; oxford happiness questionnaire, schutte self report of emotional intelligence and Stanford hypnotic susceptibility scale, modified by John F kihlstrom .The correlation between happiness and gender difference was 0.111 and emotional intelligence was 0.432 and hypnotic susceptibility was -0.177. This relation in 0.01 significance level has been reported significant just between happiness and emotional intelligence. T test was done and data analyzed, analysis were shown significance difference as well as it was found there are difference between means of variables. And chi square has been done and shown the distribution difference just in happiness and hypnotic susceptibility. It was discover, with increase of happiness, hypnotic susceptibility drop out and (this correlation was too straw). And emotional intelligence grows up with growing up the happiness. There is difference between score of men and women in happiness questionnaire. Women are happier than men, and women can get upper score than men. (This correlation was too straw).