الصداقة و تأثيرها على كل من الذكاء الوجداني و الشعور بالسعادة لدى طلبة الجامعة في ضوء الفروق بين الجنسين

Abstract EN

The aim of this study was to identify the influence friendship on both happiness and the components of emotional intelligence: perfection, deliberation, optimism, Proactive treating with own self and Proactive treating with others.

The sample consisted of 104 university students who were studying either Psychology or Sociology from the first academic year at Ajman University -Fujairah Campus.

The sample divided in four equal groups (N= 26) according to their scores in Friendship Questionnaire and the gender as follows: male high-scores in friendship group, male low-scores in friendship group, female high-scores in friendship group, and female low -scores in friendship group.

The Friendship questionnaire, the Proactive Intelligence questionnaire, and happiness questionnaire were implemented.

The results showed that there are statistically significant main effects of friendship on both happiness and all components of emotional intelligence (at level of .01)., except optimism which was significant at 0.025.

On the other side, there are no statistically significant main effects of gender on happiness and all components of emotional intelligence.

In addition, there are no statistically significant interactions between friendship and gender on all components of emotional intelligence, except deliberation, which was significant at 0.05.

The results were discussed in the light of available research.