Trait emotional intelligence and academic performance : controlling for the effects of IQ, personality, and self-concept

This article analyses the relationship between trait emotional intelligence and academic performance, controlling for the effects of IQ, personality, and self-concept dimensions. A sample of 290 preadolescents (11-12 years old) took part in the study. The instruments used were (a) Trait Emotional In...

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Main Author: Ferrando, Mercedes (author)
Other Authors: Prieto, María Dolores (author), Almeida, Leandro S. (author), Ferrándiz, Carmen (author), Bermejo, Rosario (author), López-Pina, José Antonio (author), Hernández, Daniel (author), Sáinz, Marta (author), Fernández, Mari-Carmen (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Adolescence
Academic performance
Trait emotional intelligence
Social Sciences
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/12917
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/12917
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Summary:This article analyses the relationship between trait emotional intelligence and academic performance, controlling for the effects of IQ, personality, and self-concept dimensions. A sample of 290 preadolescents (11-12 years old) took part in the study. The instruments used were (a) Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire–Adolescents Short Form (TEIQue-ASF); (b) Children’s Personality Questionnaire (CPQ; Form A, Part A); (c) IQ test TIDI-2; (d) Adaptation Questionnaire (CAI-1); and (e) academic performance. A positive and significant correlation coefficient between trait EI measured by the TEIQue-ASF and general academic performance was found. The TEIQue-ASF showed incremental validity to predict general academic performance, after controlling for intelligence, personality, and self-concept characteristics.

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