Emotional intelligence

Overview

Influence: Emotional intelligence
Domain: Student
Sub-Domain: Emotions
Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to considerably accelerate
Influence Definition: Emotional intelligence refers to the ability to perceive, control and evaluate emotions through use of skills in regulation, management, and expression of emotion-related information as well as self-control and self-motivation. These skills are applied in positive ways to communicate effectively, relieve stress, empathize with others, overcome challenges and diffuse problems.

Evidence

Number of meta-analyses: 13
Number of studies: 614
Number of students: 141,841
Number of effects: 1,908
Weighted mean effect size: 0.53
Robustness index: 5

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title	Author	Article Name	Year Published	Variable	Number of Studies	Number of Students	Number of Effects	Effect Size
Learning and Individual Differences	Perera & DiGiacomo	The relationship of trait emotional intelligence with academic performance: A meta-analytic review	2013	Emotional intelligence	48	10,292	74	0.41
Learning and Individual Differences	Voltmer & von Salisch	Three meta-analyses of children's emotion knowledge and their school success	2017	Emotional knowledge	49	6,903	84	0.68
Psychological Bulletin	MacCann, Jiang, Brown, Double, Bucich, & Minbashian	Emotional Intelligence predicts academic performance: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin.	2019	Emotional intelligence	162	42,529	188	0.41
Annals of Psychology	Puertas-Molero, Zurita-Ortega, Chacón-Cuberos, Castro-Sánchez, Ramírez-Granizo, & Gonzalex-Valero	Emotional intelligence in the field of education: a meta-analysis	2020	Emotional intelligence	4	NA	20	0.18
American Journal of Education	Manimozhi & Srinivasan	Emotional Intelligence and academic achievement	2018	Emotional intelligence	25	6,683	20	0.85
Journal Pendidikan Progresif	Martaputri, Muhtadi, Hukom, & Samal	The Correlation between Emotional Intelligence and Academic Achievement: A Meta Analysis Study	2021	Emotional intelligence	20	5,737	20	0.61
Developmental Neuropsychology	Somaa, Asghar & Hamid	Academic Performance and Emotional Intelligence with Age and Gender as Moderators: A Meta-analysis	2021	Emotional intelligence	161	43,630	1,357	0.30
Acta facultatis medicae Naissensis	Ranjbar, Khademi, & Areshtanab	The relation between academic achievement and emotional intelligence in Iranian students: A meta-analysis.	2017	Emotional intelligence	23	4,643	23	0.32
International Journal of Instruction	Kalan, Mohammad, Avarsin, & Najafi	A meta-analysis of the relationship between emotional intelligence and academic achievement in Persian speakers databases.	2018	Emotional intelligence	18	NA	18	0.95
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science	Emaikwu	Meta-analysis of effect size statistic on the relationship between emotional intelligence and academic achievement in North Central Nigeria	2021	Emotional intelligence	29	9,613	29	1.35
Education Sciences	Quílez-Robres, Moyano, & Cortés-Pascual	Motivational, Emotional, and Social Factors Explain Academic Achievement in Children Aged 6–12 Years: A Meta-Analysis.	2021	Emotional	12	3,931	12	0.35
BMC Medical Education	Zhou, Tavan, Kavarizadeh, Sarokhani, & Sayehmori	The relationship between emotional intelligence, spiritual intelligence, and student achievement: A systematic review and meta-analysis.	2024	Emotional intelligence	27	5,504	27	1.15
International Journal of Instruction	Muhtadi, Pujiriyanto, Syafruddin, Hukom, & Samal	A meta analysis: Emotional intelligence and its effect on mathematics achievement.	2022	Emotional intelligence	36	2,376	36	0.65
TOTAL/AVERAGE						614	141,841	1,908	0.63