Association Between Emotional Intelligence and Academic Performance among the Students of the Public Universities of Bangladesh

Abstract

Purpose
This study aims at testing the relationship of the emotional intelligence (EI) with students’ academic achievement in public universities of Bangladesh in which the university-level GPA in undergraduate programs of the public universities is considered and the extent to which the different categories of EI predict grades and identifying gender differences in EI profiles in measured.

Design/methodology/approach
A quantitative approach was applied on a sample of 318 undergraduate students. Participants completed the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (TEIQue), which measures four dimensions of EI: well-being, self-control, emotionality, and sociability. Self-reported CGPA was used as a measure of academic performance. Multiple regression analyses were conducted to investigate the prediction ability of EI as a whole and in its four areas in predicting academic achievements; then a comparison was done between boys and girls.