This study desires to suggest base line data to develop program of adjustment to college life and intervention program for improvement of emotional intelligence and stress coping of nursing students in the future, by understanding emotional intelligence, stress coping, and adjustment to college life of nursing students, and establishing the relationship between them. Subjects were 227 associate nursing students (1st and 2nd grade) in Korea. The data were collected using self-report

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... from September 16 to 22, 2015. Data were analyzed by frequencies, independent t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficients, multiple regression using SPSS Win 23.0. Significant correlations were found between emotional intelligence, stress coping, and adjustment to college life in nursing students. As a result of an analysis through Pearson's correlations to confirm the effect on adjustment to college life of emotional intelligence and stress coping of nursing students, correlations of emotional intelligence and stress coping (r=.294, p<.001) of nursing students, emotional intelligence and adjustment to college life (r=.534, p<.001), and stress coping and adjustment to college life (r=.301, p<.001) show a meaningful positive correlation. These findings indicate that there is a need to improve emotional intelligence and stress coping to encourage adjustment to college life in nursing students. Therefore, it is necessary to develop and test the program for improving emotional intelligence of nursing students.