en Nursing Orginal research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="color:#2980b9;"><strong><em>Background:</em></strong></span> Cancer stigma is an important issue in cancer patients and affects the follow-up, adherence, and acceptance of treatment. Therefore, it is necessary to take action to reduce cancer stigma.<br> <strong><em><span style="color:#2980b9;">Objectives:</span> </em></strong>This study aimed to determine the effect of group training of emotional intelligence components of Salovey and Mayer&rsquo;s (1990) model on stigma in cancer patients.<br> <span style="color:#2980b9;"><strong><em>Methods:</em></strong></span> This clinical trial with a pretest-posttest design was performed on 52 patients with cancer admitted to Omid Oncology Hospital in Mashhad, Iran, during 2018-2019. The participants were selected by the convenience sampling method and randomly allocated to two groups of intervention (n=25) and control (n=27)<span dir="RTL">.</span> The intervention group received emotional intelligence group training based on Salovey and Mayer&rsquo;s (1990) model during 10 sessions. The control group received routine care during the study<span dir="RTL">.</span> The data collection tool was the Cancer Stigma Scale. Data analysis was performed by SPSS software (version 25) using the paired t-test and independent t-test. A p-value of less than 0.05 was considered the significant level.<br> <strong><span style="color:#2980b9;"><em>Results</em>:</span></strong>&nbsp;Based on the results, there was no significant difference between the intervention and control groups regarding the mean total stigma score in the pretest (P=0.46). However, there was a significant difference between the two groups regarding the changes in the mean total stigma score after the intervention (P<0.001).<br> <span style="color:#2980b9;"><strong><em>Conclusion:</em></strong></span> Emotional intelligence group teaching can be effective in reducing stigma in cancer patients. Therefore, it is suggested to use emotional intelligence teaching to reduce stigma in cancer patients in oncology hospitals.</span></span></span></div> Emotional Intelligence, Group Teaching, Cancer, Stigma 1 10 http://nmcjournal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-815-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Maryam Valikhani valikhanim931@gmail.com 100319475328460014209 100319475328460014209 No Msc in Nursing, Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Atefeh Ghovati atghovati@gmail.com 100319475328460014210 100319475328460014210 No Msc in Psychology, Hekmat Razavi Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad, Iran Masoud Kashani-lotfabadi m.kashani@iautj.ac.ir 100319475328460014211 100319475328460014211 No Ph.D. Student in General Psychology, Department of Psychology , Torbat-e Jam Branch, Islamic Azad University, Torbat-e Jam, Iran Faezeh Mojarad 100319475328460014212 100319475328460014212 No Msc student in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Torbat-e Jam Branch, Islamic Azad University, Torbat-e Jam, Iran Javad Dehghani dehgan223@gmail.com 100319475328460014213 100319475328460014213 No Msc in HSE (Health, safety and environmental engineering), Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabur, Iran Bibi Maryam Hashemi hashemima1399@gmail.com 100319475328460014214 100319475328460014214 Yes PhD Student in Counseling, Department of Counseling, Bojnurd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bojnurd, Iran