Academic self-efficacy, emotional intelligence and academic achievement of Romanian students. Results from an exploratory study

Abstract

The relationship between emotional intelligence, academic self-efficacy and academic achievement begins to raise researchers' interest, especially having in view its practical implications. An exploratory pilot study was conducted on a sample of 92 college students with ages ranging between 18 and 25 years old (M=21.08, SD=2.85). The College Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (Owen & Froman, 1988) and Assessing Emotions Scale (Schutte et al., 1998) were used. Significant positive correlations have been obtained between the general emotional intelligence score, between Managing own emotions and Utilizing emotions subscales of AES and academic self-efficacy. From the current sample, the grade point average of the last semester was obtained for 55 students, in view of examining the relationship between emotional intelligence, academic-self efficacy and academic achievement. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]