The relationship between emotional intelligence and locus of control in the Tehran University Students

the aim of this paper was study of the relationship between emotional intelligence and locus of control in the University Tehran Students. 412 students(211 boys and 200 girls), bachelor and master of Tehran University, were selected with random cluster sampling. The subjects completed questionnaires of emotional intelligence and locus of control. The data analyzed  by  Correlation Coefficient test,  logistic regression and ANOVA. there is a significant relationship Between emotional intelligence and its components with locus of control (P <0 / 01). And the among of the components of emotional intelligence, the best predictor of locus of control, was  Self-monitoring. It can be concluded the people who have high emotional intelligence have internal locus of control and can better control over their life events and improvements and failures attributed to their  own and they were not  influenced by environmental factors.