Abstract

PAEZ CALA, Martha Luz  and  CASTANO CASTRILLON, José Jaime. Emotional intelligence and academic performance in undergraduate students. Psicol. caribe [online]. 2015, vol.32, n.2, pp.268-285. ISSN 0123-417X.

The objective of this study was to describe emotional intelligence and to determine its relation to academic performance, and other demographic variables undergraduate students. 263 students participated in the study. Various instruments where used in the investigation including the eq- i Questionnaire of Baron for the measurement of Emotional Intelligence. An average Emotional Quotient of 46.51 was found in this population. Differences were found between programs but not between genders. This differences observed in programs where of 62.9 for economy, 55.69 for medicine, 54.28 for psychology and 36.58 for law. A correlation was found between the value of the Emotional Quotient, and the average grade (p=.019), which was higher for Medicine (p=.001), and then for Psychology (p=.066), no correlation was found in other faculties. A cubic model of dependency was found between emotional quotient and academic performance, significant for the total population in the Medicine and Psychology faculties. Furthermore a significant dependency of this coefficient was found with program (p=.000) and academic term (p=.000), although the latter only shows a clear trend for Medicine. There is a correlation between emotional intelligence and academic achievement.

Keywords : emotional intelligence; school performance; students; school admission criteria.

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