The impact of college students’ motivational orientations and the social dimension of emotional intelligence in their willingness to study abroad

Abstract

This study investigated the effects of motivational orientations and the social aspects of emotional intelligence (EI) of L2 Spanish learners’ willingness to participate in a study abroad (SA) program. The only significant result was the correlation between an integrative motivational orientation and the Altruism Scale score (n = 68, r =.290, p