Inteligencia emocional y rendimiento académico de los estudiantes de enfermería de una universidad privada de Ecuador

Abstract

Abstract: Introduction: Nursing students prove that throughout their university education they face different situations, and adopt new roles, so this creates feelings and emotions, whose positivity or negativity will depend on the appropriate performance of interpersonal and intrapersonal problems in the step of their formation. Objective: To analyze the emotional intelligence and academic performance of nursing students from a private university in Ecuador. Method: Quantitative approach research, correlational and cross-sectional type. The sample consisted of 116 nursing students, from the first to the seventh cycle, enrolled in the period April-August 2022. Result: It was determined that the students have an excellently developed emotional capacity with a percentage of 97.4%, a "positive academic performance with 46.6%, and very positive with 41.3%. Conclusion: No correlation was found between the levels of emotional intelligence with academic performance since in students have an excellently developed emotional capacity in such a way that they reflect an adequate development of the skills to attend, understand and regulate their emotions.