Table 3.

Differences in emotional intelligence levels according to sociodemographic variables (N = 322)

Sociodemographic variables	Mean ± SD	t/F values	p-value
Age
Up to 20 years	122.25 ± 17.39	t (320) = -2.10 a	0.037*
Above 20 years	117.71 ± 21.29
Gender
Male	123.20 ± 19.13	t (320) = 2.38 a	0.018*
Female	118.14 ± 18.90
Marital Status
Single	120.77 ± 18.85	t (320) = -2.29 a	0.023*
Married	102.83 ± 27.70
Year of Study
First year	125.57 ± 15.05	F (3, 318) = 7.87 b	<0.001*
Second year	122.63 ± 19.39
Third year	114.93 ± 19.57
Fourth year	111.61 ± 20.51
Physical Health
Poor	92.88 ± 19.33	F (4, 317) = 17.12 b	<0.001*
Average	109.28 ± 20.18
Good	119.30 ± 19.91
Very good	125.37 ± 8.78
Excellent	129.25 ± 13.82
Psychological Health
Poor	109.92 ± 25.60	F (4, 317) = 17.37 b	<0.001*
Average	111.60 ± 16.76
Good	123.45 ± 18.22
Very good	127.52 ± 13.79
Excellent	131.88 ± 11.50
Father’s Education
Primary school	117.86 ± 16.33	F (3, 318) = 0.85 b	0.470
Intermediate school	119.13 ± 15.79
High school/Diploma	119.80 ± 18.09
Bachelor or higher	122.64 ± 22.20
Mother’s Education
Primary school	113.65 ± 21.70	F (3, 318) = 5.50 b	0.001*
Intermediate school	119.14 ± 15.04
High school / Diploma	123.93 ± 16.61
Bachelor or higher	123.16 ± 19.74
GPA
Up to 4	117.79 ± 20.22	F (2, 319) = 3.52 b	0.031*
4.01 to 4.5	119.01 ± 20.02
4.5 to 5	124.19 ± 16.73

Note:

^aIndependent t-test,

^bOne-Way ANOVA test,

^*Significance level at the p-value of 0.05