THE EFFECT OF TRAINING LIFE SKILLS WITH FLIPPED METHOD ON EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE OF NURSING STUDENTS: A QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

Background & Aim: Emotional intelligence is an important factor in the professional performance and mental health of healthcare professionals.Life skills training is one of the methods that can improve emotional intelligence.The flipped classroom method is an effective effective teaching approach in this field.The aim of this study was to determine the effect of training life skills with flipped method on the emotional intelligence of nursing students. Materials & Methods:This quasi-experimental study used a pre-test-post-test and control groups conducted among nursing students in Urmia in 2025.Seventy-four students were selected through convenience sampling and then randomly assigned to groups.The 28-item Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire by Bradbury and Graves was used to collect data."Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 26 software and descriptive and analytical statistics. Results:The results of the independent t-test showed that there was no statistically significant difference in the mean scores of total emotional intelligence between the control and intervention groups before flipped classroom intervention (p=0.183),but a significant difference was observed between the two groups after the flipped classroom intervention (p<0.001).Discussion: The findings of this study showed that implementing the flipped classroom method is effective in improving the dimensions of life skills and enhances overall emotional intelligence in nursing students.Therefore, it is recommended that nursing professors use this method to improve the learning and cognitive abilities of nursing students.