Emotional Intelligence and Relationship with Personality Styles and Burnout among Teachers of the First Three Grades

The purpose of this study is to measure the emotional intelligence, burnout levels, and personality styles prevailing among teachers of the first three grades in UNRWA's Irbid Educational Area. Furthermore, the study intended to explore the relationship between emotional intelligence and personality styles and burnout, and how this relationship is influenced by such variables as gender, teaching experience, and academic education. The sample consisted of (122) teachers randomly selected from the student population (N=231). To achieve the study goal three scales were used to measure the emotional intelligence, personality styles, and burnout. Results indicated high level of emotional intelligence, low level of burnout, and prevalence of extrovert personality style among participants. In addition, there were statistically significant positive relationship between emotional intelligence and extrovert personality style; whereas no statistically significant relationship was found between emotional intelligence and burnout. Results also showed that there were no statistically significant differences in the relationship between emotional intelligence and burnout by gender and academic education, and between emotional intelligence and personality styles as with regards to the gender and experience variables.