Impact of Emotional Intelligence on Academic Success: A Self-Efficacy Perspective

Abstract

This research shows the effect of emotional intelligence on academic success. A quantitative research design was employed. The data were gathered by using multi-stage cluster sampling strategy from the sample of 300 students admitted in undergraduate programs at Khwaja Fareed University Engineering and Information Technology (KFUEIT) Rahim Yar Khan. Two self-developed instruments were used for evaluating to six key dimensions of emotional intelligence and Self-efficacy scale for measuring its four directions. The self-efficacy scale which assessed student’s confidence in their academic capabilities. The research shows important positive connotation among emotional intelligence and Academic Success. The emphasis of the study is on students with higher emotional intelligence and believed they perform better and achieves academic outcomes. The study encountered the boundaries involving the reliance on self-report measures. Moreover, the sample’s homogeneity bound the generalizability of the researches to wider students’ population.