Emotional competencies, learning styles and academic performance in university students

Abstract

The present study had the motivation to identify the relationship between emotional competences and learning styles with the academic performance of students of the general chemistry curricular experience at the Professional School of Environmental Engineering. Methodologically, it was framed in the basic type, descriptive-correlational level, with a non-experimental design. The applied method was the hypothetical-deductive method. The data collection technique was the survey and the instruments were the respective tests for the study of each variable. The results of the research were obtained through the descriptive analysis of the variables and the inferential analysis to determine the level of correlation by means of Pearson's test. It was concluded that there is an average positive correlation of 0.853 points between the variables emotional competence and academic performance and 0.608 points between the variables learning style and academic performance. Keywords: Emotional competencies, learning styles, academic performance, attitudes, university students.