The Influence of Emotional Intelligence on Academic Achievement

By Maizatul Akmal Mohd Mohzan, Norhaslinda Hassan, Norhafizah Abd Halil. 2013

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Abstract This study investigates the influence of Emotional Intelligence on academic achievement among students of Education Faculty, Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM). The data of this research were obtained through the use of a questionnaire which elicits information on the students’ Emotion al Intelligence level as well as their academic performance. The results of the study reveal that the respondents have high level of Emotional Intelligence. Two domains (Self-Emotion Appraisal and Understanding of Emotion) of the Emotional Intelligence investigated are found to be significantly and positively associated with the respondents’ academic achievement. The findings of the study hold import antimplications on the value of Emotional Intelligence and their relationships to students’ academic perform ance especially among pre-service teachers.

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• Developing Resilient Agency in Learning: The Internal Structure of Learning Power (2015, background): “Emotional intelligence has been shown in some studies to predict academic achievement across a wide range of age groups (see, e.g., Billings et al., 2014; Mohzan et al., 2013; Sanchez-Ruiz et al., 2013).”