Zahra Abdolvahabi, Sara Bagheri and Firouz Kioumarsi
The purpose of this research was to find the relationship between emotional intelligence and job self-efficacy in research courses among Tehran physical education teachers. 200 physical education teachers (124= M, 76=F) were randomly selected from different Tehran universities. Bar-on Emotional and Self- efficacy job questionnaires were used to evaluate the teachers’ attitudes. Pearson correlation coefficient was used to investigate the relationships between the variables at p<0.05 level. The results demonstrated a significant relationship between emotional awareness, empathy, and self-efficacy. The results of variance analysis for regression research selfefficacy was significant according to emotional intelligent components.