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The study aimed to identify the relationship between emotional intelligence and mental health, and their effect on some variables (gender and academic specialty) among students of secondary school. The descriptive correlative approach method was used in this study. The sample consisted of (94) male and female students, for the academic year 2013-2014. It has been selected by the simple random way. The researcher used the emotional intelligence designed Kholi Scale (2010), and mental health scale adapted in the Palestinian environment by Marwan Abdullah (2005). The results includes the presence of statistically significant differences in the total score for Mental Health according to gender in favor of females, the presence of statistically significant differences in the total score of Mental Health attributed to allocate the school for the benefit of scientific specialty. The results includes the presence of statistically significant differences in the total score of emotional intelligence according to gender in favor of males, and the presence of statistically significant differences in the total score of emotional scale according to academic specialty in favor of literary specialty. (Published Abstract)