Emotional Intelligence and Academic Performance: A Randomized and Gender-Based Multivariate Analysis of Malaysian Undergraduate Students
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.210312.093How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Emotional Intelligent, Academic Performance, Undergraduate Students, Multivariate Analysis, Teaching and Learning
- Abstract
Teaching and learning process, particularly in a higher institution of learning, is majorly dependent on student mental preparation which is often viewed as a crucial indicator in predicting effective learning that would, in turn, bring about educational success. The present investigation aims at assessing the Emotional Intelligence (EI) status of undergraduate students and its relationship with the students’ academic performance. A total number of 298 students in one of the higher institutions in Malaysia from a myriad discipline were recruited to participate in the study. The EI status of the students, as well as their academic performances, were collected and k-Means clustering was used to group the students in respect to their EI status whilst and Man Whitney test was carried out to ascertain the difference in academic performance and the gender of the students sampled. Two groups were formed from the k-Means clustering method namely, High Emotionally Intelligent Students (HEIST) and Low Emotionally Intelligent Students (LEIST). The Man-Whitney test demonstrated that the HEIST group has higher academic performance as well as better in emotional awareness and management, social-emotional awareness, and relationship management as compared to LEIST p < 0.05. Female students were found to be significantly better in relationship management as opposed to males. EI plays a vital role in students’ academic performance and therefore, emotional skills management should be highlighted in higher institution of learning to enhance students overall academic performance.
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- © 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Rabiu Muazu Musa AU - Mohamad Razali Abdullah AU - Ahmad Bisyri Husin Musawi Maliki AU - Norlaila Azura Kosni AU - Siti Musliha Mat-Rasid AU - Faiza Renaldi PY - 2021 DA - 2021/03/13 TI - Emotional Intelligence and Academic Performance: A Randomized and Gender-Based Multivariate Analysis of Malaysian Undergraduate Students BT - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Science, Technology, Engineering and Industrial Revolution (ICSTEIR 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 579 EP - 584 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210312.093 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.210312.093 ID - Musa2021 ER -