Moreover, it was shown that there was no correlation between the emotional intelligence and gender, age, and interest in nursing. Namdar, (16) in their study on the nursing students in the University of Tabriz found similar results. In that survey, there was just a meaningful correlation between the emotional intelligence and economic and social satisfaction. But in the survey conducted by Samari and Tahmasbi (12), there was a meaningful correlation between the emotional intelligence and the academic achievement. It was not so for gender or any other trait. It seems that more surveys with larger samples are needed in order to investigate the correlation between the emotional intelligence and personal and social traits. Of course, it was found in this survey that there was a statistically significant negative correlation between the components of public mood and age (p=0.005). The components of public mood include happiness and optimism for which those who were younger scored higher. Some students did not answer some of the items of the questionnaire, due to our study limitations.