Emotional intelligence in higher education students ; Inteligencia emocional en estudiantes de educación superior ; Inteligência emocional em estudantes do ensino superior

Introduction: Emotional intelligence is the ability to identify and deal with personal and other individuals' emotions and feelings. Although the role of emotions in student engagement has been studied, little is known about how emotional intelligence is related to engagement and other key learning outcomes in higher education. Objetive: To describe the levels of emotional intelligence of higher education students; to ascertain predictors of emotional intelligence in higher education students. Methods: Quantitative, cross-sectional, descriptive-correlational study. The sample was non-probability by convenience, consisting of 538 higher education students, mostly female (74.21%), with a mean age of 21.53±4.53 years. Results: The highest emotional intelligence scores correspond to the perception of own emotions (M=32.78±5.57) and the sociocognitive component of emotions (M=32.27±4.87). Students with a higher overall emotional intelligence score are those who study daily (p=.002). Control, social engagement, self-esteem, and happiness established a positive association (β=.21; p<.001; β=.14; p=.002; β=.13; p=.02; β=.18; p=.004, respectively) with emotional intelligence. Balance established a negative association (β=-.16; p<.001) with emotional intelligence. Conclusion: Control, social involvement, self-esteem, happiness, and balance are predictors of emotional intelligence. There is a need for the implementation of programs that promote the development of emotional intelligence. ; Introducción: La inteligencia emocional es la capacidad de identificar y manejar las emociones y los sentimientos personales y de otras personas. Aunque se ha estudiado el papel de las emociones en el compromiso de los estudiantes, se sabe poco sobre cómo se relaciona la inteligencia emocional con el compromiso y otros resultados clave del aprendizaje en la enseñanza superior. Objetivo: Describir los niveles de inteligencia emocional de los estudiantes de enseñanza superior; averiguar los predictores de la inteligencia emocional en ...