Develop Ryden Self-Esteem Test on Jordanian Universities Students and Its Relationship with Bar-On Emotional Intelligence Test

The purpose of this study is to Develop Ryden self-esteem test on Jordanian universities students and to investigate its relationship with Bar-On emotional intelligence test; it also aims to investigate the effect of gender on self-esteem. The research problem was represented in the following main question: what is the relationship between emotional intelligence and self-esteem. The researcher raised four questions in this research.The sample of this research was consisted of (219) male & female students from both colleges of Princess Alia and Amman University College/ Al Balqa Applied University. Two scales were used in this research including a scale of emotional intelligence, and a scale of self-esteem. Researcher used statistical methods as following: T test, the relative weight (percentage) and multiple regression analysis, the research outcome revealed that there is a significant statistical difference between males and females in emotional intelligence in favor of males. Results also showed that there is a significant statistical impact of the emotional intelligence on Self-esteem.