Relación entre la inteligencia emocional y la felicidad en estudiantes de la Facultad de Psicología de la Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador, durante el periodo 2020-2021

Abstract

Emotional intelligence is a set of skills that allow people to generate new abilities that are important when establishing healthy interpersonal relationships. In addition, it encourages the development of defense mechanisms that allow mental health professionals, face situations with elevated emotional demands. On the other hand, Happiness involves levels of satisfaction, positive thought and trust. It is important to understand that Emotional Intelligence produces emotional stability and personal, social and work welfare in people, which leads to levels of fulfillment and happiness, improving their quality of life. According to the above information, this research was proposed as a general objective to determine the relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Happiness among Psychology School students from the University of Cuenca during the season 2020-2021. The study had a quantitative approach, non-experimental, cross-sectional, retrospective design and correlational scope. We worked with the Emotional Intelligence project database in students from the Psychology majors of Universities of Cuenca-Ecuador, from the validation of the WLEIS-S in the 2020-2021 time period, from which a sample of 248 students from the University of Cuenca was taken. The applied instruments were the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS) and the Lima de Alarcón Happiness Scale (EFL). As results, the description of Emotional Intelligence and its influence on Happiness in Psychology students was obtained, which serves to promote professional psychologists training and boost new research related to this topic.