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Trial reportPloS one2021

Emotional intelligence as a mediator in the relationship between academic performance and burnout in high school students.

María Del Mar Molero Jurado, María Del Carmen Pérez-Fuentes, África Martos Martínez, Ana Belén Barragán Martín, María Del Mar Simón Márquez, José Jesús Gázquez Linares

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Trial report in PloS one, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

María Del Mar Molero JuradoDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Almería, Almería, Spain.
María Del Carmen Pérez-FuentesDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Almería, Almería, Spain.
África Martos MartínezDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Almería, Almería, Spain.
Ana Belén Barragán MartínDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Almería, Almería, Spain.
María Del Mar Simón MárquezDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Almería, Almería, Spain.
José Jesús Gázquez LinaresDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Almería, Almería, Spain.
University of Almería · ESUniversidad Autónoma de Chile · CLUniversidad Politécnica y Artística del Paraguay · PY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Low performance of high school students and repeating a year are major problems in the education system. Low performance in the classroom generates negative emotions in young people and has been related to development of school burnout. The objective of this study was to analyze the repercussions of academic performance on burnout in high school students, and establish the role of emotional intelligence in this relationship. The sample was made up of 1287 high school students aged 14 to 18, who filled out questionnaires for evaluation of these variables. The results showed that youths who had failed a subject or had repeated a year showed more exhaustion and cynicism than their classmates with better performance and higher academic efficacy. A relationship was also found between school burnout and emotional intelligence in these adolescents, positive for self-efficacy and negative for cynicism and exhaustion. The model results showed that low academic performance affected burnout level, and that stress management and mood in emotional intelligence acted as a mediator in this relationship. In conclusion, development of emotional intelligence programs in the educational context is proposed as a measure for preventing burnout in the face of adverse high school academic events, such as failing or repeating a year.

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Emotional IntelligenceSurveys and QuestionnairesAcademic PerformanceAdolescentBurnout, PsychologicalFemaleHumansMaleStudents

Identifiers

PMID34166434
PMCPMC8224948
OpenAlexW3175392138

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