Emotional intelligence: a key to academic success

Abstract

Emotional intelligence (EI) understood as the ability to express, control, understand, interpret and respond to one's own emotions and those of others, has gained scientific interest due to the influence it has on various aspects of the school environment. Therefore the objective of this study is to generate a reflection on the influence that emotional intelligence has on the academic success of students. Scientific research has endorsed the link between emotional intelligence and cognitive process, concluding that emotion and cognition are compatible, inseparable and mutually benefited through the existing circular relationships between them. These findings allow to project a series of educational implications on emotional intelligence in the school environment.