10- Role of Social Problem Solving and Emotional Intelligence in Predicting ofSocial Adjustment in Male Students of Kerman Shahid Bahonar

Mohammad samari¹ sayed mohammad movaghare afzali² zeinab vaezi³ shahrzad barkhordar⁴

1) Master of Psychology, University of Medical Sciences, the Central Organization
2) PhD student in Business Management, Industrial Management Institute of Kerman
3) Master of Public Administration, Kerman University of Medical Sciences
4) MA in Sociology, Islamic Azad University of Kerman

IOI Code : XYAZ-ZBBEE
Publication : 2nd International Conference on Management and Social Science(2icmsconf.com)
Abstract :
    Social maladjustment is a complicated and multidimensional feature of behavior.It also has considered one of the main threats for public health. There are multiple factors for advent of maladjusted behaviors.This Study was done for examining role of social problem solving and emotional intelligence in predictor of social adjustment in male students of Kerman Shahid Bahonar University.This study was a survey in which relationship between three variables were examined. The research population was included all of the male students in bachelor degree (academic year 2010-211) in Kerman Shahid Bahonar University. The numbers n=218 was selected through stratified sampling method.Data gathering instruments were three standard questionnaire including social problem solving, emotional intelligence and social adjustment. The gathered data were analyzed by SPSS software and using descriptive statistics, spearman correlation and multiple regression analysis for predictors. The findings showed that there was significantly relationship between three variables.Regression analysis showed that social problem solving andemotional intelligence is predicted0.09 and 0.14 variance of social adjustment respectively (P-value<0.01). Multiple regression analysis indicated that social problem solving and emotional intelligence is predicted 0.18 variance of social adjustment (P-value <0.01). According to results, emotional intelligence had more predicting rather than social problem solving in social adjustment. The current study proved results of another related researches. Although it was concluded there was relationship between three variables but it requires more researches.

Keywords : social problem solving emotional intelligence social adjustment