Does Emotional Intelligence Have Anything to Do with Risk-taking among Iranian EFL Learners?

Abstract

The current study was after investigating the tentative link(s) between Emotional Intelligence (EQ, also EI) and risk-taking among Iranian EFL learners. For this purpose, 011 EFL language learners completed the "Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire" and the "Risk taking self-report Questionnaire". The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and correlation analysis. The analysis of the data revealed that there is no correlation between the students' risk taking and their EQ. But it revealed that five of the subscales of EQ have a predictive power of learners' Risk-taking. The results help understand the relationship between students' emotional intelligence and their risk-taking.