Background: Emotional intelligence contains awareness, regulation and expression of a wide scope of emotions. Therefore, the ability of recognizing and controlling of these emotions is an important aspect in emotional intelligence, and disability in each of these skills leads to disorders such as anxiety and mood disorders. So, we should teach the individuals these emotional intelligence skills to reduce the risk of disorders and improve their performance. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between somatic symptoms, anxiety, depression and social function with emotional intelligence among the pilots.
Materials and methods: In a cross - sectional study, 60 participants were selected by simple randomized sampling. They filled out two questionnaires: 1) GHQ-28, General Health Questionnaire 2) Sharing Emotional Intelligence questionnaire. The data were collected and analyzed by Pearson's correlation and regression analysis.
Results: The results showed a significant correlation between emotional intelligence and depression, anxiety, social function and physical symptoms (P <0.01). None of variables were the predictor factor of emotional intelligence.
Conclusion: The study found that there is a significant relationship between emotional intelligence and psychological well-being and it may increase the mental health and performance with emotional intelligence training programs among the pilots.