Inteligencia emocional y asertividad en estudiantes universitarios

Abstract

Among the difficulties presented by higher education is the lack of emotional intelligence management, which has several repercussions, among the most important of which is low assertiveness. The objective of the research was to determine the relationship between the level of emotional intelligence and assertiveness. The study design was quantitative, non-experimental, descriptive-correlational and cross-sectional. The population consisted of 158 students from the city of Ambato, 51 males and 107 females between 18 and 25 years of age. The Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire of the author Cerrón Bruno Natalí Patricia and the Rathus Assertiveness Test were applied. It was concluded that there was no relationship between emotional intelligence and assertiveness (Rho=-0.097, p>0.05). In emotional intelligence, the low level was more predominant with a percentage of 84.2%. In assertiveness, the average range predominated with 51%. In relation to gender, both variables did not show significant differences (t = -0.329, p > 0.05).