Association between Emotional Intelligence and Perceived Stress in Undergraduate Dental Students.

Background: This study investigated the association of emotional intelligence (EI) and other factors with perceived stress (PS) in undergraduate dental students.

Methods: A total of 234 undergraduate dental students at the School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), in the academic year of 2009/2010, participated in this cross-sectional study. Self-administered questionnaires, the Assessing Emotions Scale and the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10), were used to evaluate EI and PS, respectively.