High School Female Students' Overweight Toward Emotional Intelligence

Abstract

Introduction: The prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing at an alarming rate. They both have two-way communication with one's emotional stresses and psychological distresses.

Methods: This research is a descriptive-correlation study. The sample size included 370 female high school students in Gonbad, Galikesh, Azadshahr, and Kalaleh, in the east of Golestan province (Iran) in 2018. To select the participants, 370 students with a body mass index (BMI) between 25 and 29.9 kg/m² were selected as samples, and the EQ questionnaire was handed out.. Pearson's correlation coefficient and  linear regression analyses were also employed in this study. The collected data were analyzed by    SPSS 22.

Results: The results demonstrated that there is a direct, yet inverse relationship between students’ total EQ (-.465, p< 0.01), intrapersonal (-.421, p< 0.01), interpersonal (-.325, p< 0.01), adaptability (-.391, p< 0.01), stress management (-.401, p< 0.01), general mood (-.383, p< 0.01), and their overweight. however, it suggests that the higher the EQ and its subscales scores among the students increase, the less weight they own, and vice versa.

Conclusion: The results of this research may not only open a new window to assist in achieving successful nutritional diet programs, providing people, but it also can pave the way for further research conducted by experts in nutrition, medicine, and psychology. The findings of this study will enhance social public awareness of the side- effects of overweight, equipping the public with some counseling to lose weight through using EQ for students suffering overweight.