Mehdi Rafiee; Fatemeh Golabi; Mohammad Bagher Alizadeh Aghdam; Rahim Badri Gargari
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Winter 2019, , Pages 29-50
Abstract
Different studies support the idea that intelligence has an impact on political orientations and behaviors of individuals and groups. The study of the relationship between cultural and emotional intelligences - as mental and behavioral abilities- and the tendency of individuals to ...
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Different studies support the idea that intelligence has an impact on political orientations and behaviors of individuals and groups. The study of the relationship between cultural and emotional intelligences - as mental and behavioral abilities- and the tendency of individuals to democratic values can be seen in this line of studies. This study was administered in Orumieh which is one of the most culturally and ethnically diverse cities of iran. A survey was created and administered to 600 citizens of this city. Using multistage cluster sampling of 5 districts in Orumieh, 600 citizens were selected and the study was performed among them. Obtained data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and multivariate regression. results show the existence of a significant relationship between cultural and emotional ntelligences and the tendency to democratic values among Orumieh citizens. While the relationship is different for two independent variables and emotional intelligence has more powerfull positive relation with tendency to democratic values
