Trait-Emotional Intelligence As Predictor of Academic Performance (Report‪)‬

Byline: Iftikhar Ahmad - E-mail: iftikhar.ahmad@umt.edu.pk The present study aimed to find the relationship among scholastic achievement, personality factors and emotional intelligence and to estimate how well trait-emotional intelligence predicts college grades over and above personality. Two hundred and sixty-nine undergraduate students (139 humanities and 130 sci-ences) from Pakistan were administered EQ-i (Bar-On model) and the Big Five. Marks secured in the Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) and the First Year College degree program GPA was obtained from the college record. The results showed that self report emotional intelligence and the Big Five personality dimensions overlapped significantly.