Engagement académico e inteligencia emocional en estudiantes de Ciencias de la Salud

Abstract

ent of students. That is why this research aimed to analyze the relationship between academic engagement and the components of emotional intelligence in university students and Vocational Training in the field of Health Science in Spain. Forthis, a sample of 263 students with an averageage of 32.51 years was used. The Brief Emotional Intelligence Inventory for Senior Citizens and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale were applied. This work showed that women face their studies more strongly and present a better understanding of their emotions and feelings than men. In addition, no differences were found between the two groups for the degrees. These results have practical implications about the importance of emotional intelligence in the development of interventions for the improvement of academic commitment students of Health Sciences.