Emotional Intelligence and Academic Performance in Students of the Bachelor of Nutrition

Abstract

Education for centuries has focused on the intellect, leaving aside the emotional factor, which impacts the mental health of students and, in turn, academic performance. The objective is to establish the relationship between emotional intelligence with academic performance in university students. It is multicenter with a quantitative approach; sampling is non-probabilistic. The TMMS-24 meta-knowledge trait scale about emotional states was applied to measure Emotional Intelligence. In the academic performance, the general average of the participants was used. There is a relationship between levels of emotional intelligence with academic performance. The information is useful for proposing intervention strategies during the training of emotional competencies from admission.