ABSTRACT

Background: Emotional intelligence affects student achievement. Someone who has a high emotional intelligence will be able to control their emotions to optimize their work function. The emergence of motivation is usually based on a specific purpose, without reason. Preliminary Study Results to 10 students of Diploma IV educator midwife at Respati University of Yogyakarta school year 2013-2014, 7 of 10 students said that it is challenging to release negative emotions, manage their feelings, and have not motivated to learn. At the same time, three students have told them that they could cope with their feelings and motivate themselves.

Aim: This study aimed to determine the emotional intelligence and motivation to learning Diploma IV student of Educator Midwife at Respati University of Yogyakarta year 2013-2014.

Method: The method used is analytical descriptive, with an across-sectional study design. This study's population are the students of Educators Midwife in Diploma IV class F11 8th-semester school year2013-2014 Faculty of Health Sciences Respati Yogyakarta as many as 266 people. The sampling used a proportional simple random sample of as many as 160 people. The statistical test used Kendal Tau.

Results: Based on the analysis results, most of the good students' emotional intelligence as many as 98 students (61, 2%) and the majority of student learning motivation as many as 102 students (63,7%). Statistical results with Kendal Tau test har the value of the correlation coefficient (0,465) and p-value (0.000) p<0,05. This shows that there is a significant relationship of emotional intelligence with learning motivation in Diploma IV student of Educator Midwife at Respati University of Yogyakarta year 2013-2014.

Conclusion: There is a significant relationship between emotional intelligence with learning motivation in Diploma IV students Educator Midwife at Respati University of Yogyakarta year 2013-2014.

Keywords: Emotional Intelligence, motivation Learning