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Background. Burnout is a psychological syndrome identified by different degrees of emotional exhaustion depersonalization and a low sense of personal accomplishment, which is an increasing problem among medical students. Emotional intelligence is a set of noncognitive skills that propagates an individual’s capability to encounter environmental complications, particularly burnout, successfully. This research was conducted to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and academic burnout among medical students. Methods. This cross-sectional study was carried out on 136 medical students at Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2018. Data were collected by a demographic checklist, Siberia Schering’s Emotional Intelligence questionnaire, and Bresso Academic Burnout questionnaire and analyzed by SPSS22 software using descriptive methods and linear regression tests. The significance level was set at a P value P < 0.001). Conclusion. Emotional intelligence appeared as a significant factor in protecting medical students against academic burnout, so enhancing emotional intelligence through training may be an essential intervention for reducing burnout.
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