Promoting Emotional Intelligence for University Students: a Meta-analysis

Emotional Intelligence (EI) is defined either as a trait (Petrides et al., 2016), an ability (Mayer et al., 2004), or a mixture of skills and personal traits (Bar-On, 1997). The ability model comprises four dimensions of emotional intelligence: the ability to recognize emotions, generate emotions to support thinking, understand emotions and their changes over time, and the ability to regulate emotions in different situations. Existing research reports positive effects of EI on various variables, including improved stress coping (Toriello et al., 2022), higher academic performance (Karkada et al., 2020), increased professional performance (Gong et al., 2019), and enhanced subjective well-being (Xu et al., 2021). Meta-analyses (Hodzic et al., 2018; Molero et al., 2020; Kotsou et al., 2019b) and individual studies (Cotler et al., 2017; Pool and Qualter, 2012) also demonstrated the positive impacts of EI training across different age groups (e.g., kindergarten children, middle school students, university students, and adults). However, meta-analytic research on EI training in university students, a group often susceptible to stress, anxiety, and depression (Toriello et al., 2022), is still scarce. The present study addresses this gap by conducting a meta-analysis of the effects of EI training on university students and examining potential moderators, and aims to answer the following research questions: RQ1: Can EI be promoted among university students and how strong is the averaged overall effect of training interventions? RQ2: What is the impact of moderators upon overall effect? 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