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There are many factors influencing a student’s achievement in academic. One of the factors is emotional intelligence (EI). The relationship between EI and academic achievement was investigated in this study. The result showed that one of the EI components (i.e. use of emotion) is positively correlated to EI. The study also revealed that the female respondents scored lower than male respondents in EI mean score. However, the difference in EI between genders is not statistically significant. The difference in EI between years of study was also studied and it was found insignificant statistically. The results revealed an interesting finding that the respondents in this study, regardless of the years of study, self-reported that they are better in appraising their own emotions, but weaker in controlling their emotions.
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Bunyaan, S.A., Tan, S.I., Loo, Y.M. (2015). Emotional Intelligence and Academic Achievement: A Study Among Students of a Private University in Malaysia. In: Tang, S., Logonnathan, L. (eds) Taylor’s 7th Teaching and Learning Conference 2014 Proceedings. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-399-6_5
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