Inteligencia emocional y motivación académica en estudiantes universitarios de formación en educación primaria

Abstract

The objective of the research was to determine the degree of relationship between emotional intelligence and academic motivation in students of the Professional School of Primary Education at the National University of Altiplano (Puno - Peru, 2021). A quantitative approach was followed, with a descriptive and correlational research design. The study population consisted of all students in the mentioned professional program. Using a stratified probabilistic sampling method, a sample of 104 students was determined. The Trait Meta-mood Scale (TMMS-24) was used as the instrument for measuring emotional intelligence, while the Academic Motivation Scale proposed by Ruíz (2005) was used for the academic motivation variable. It was determined that there is a moderate positive correlation between the variables, with a coefficient value of 0.408 for the Spearman's Rho coefficient. This indicates that higher emotional intelligence in this particular group of students corresponds to higher academic motivation.