“Inteligencia emocional y personalidad en estudiantes universitarios”

Abstract

The following research study aims to determine the relationship between the emotional intelligence and the university students´ personality. This study was carried out with a population about 109 people with ages between 18 and 24 years old. In the research were used psychological reagents for each variable, the inventory of the emotional coefficient of Bar On and the Salamanca´s questionnaire to the screening of personality disorders. The research´s results showed that: students with a low level of emotional intelligence have relation with some personalities like; impulsive, limiting, anxious and dependent. On the other hand, students with an average level of emotional intelligence mate with personalities like historical and narcissistic. It is concluded that when presenting a deficit of emotional intelligence the person will have a difficulty as to identification, emotional understanding and regulation of affective states. On the other and, if the person have an average level of emotional intelligence, it will develops the capacity of attention, recognition of his own emotions and the others.