Emotional Intelligence in University Students

The objectives of this study were to determine the knowledge that university students have about emotional intelligence and how this is determined by gender, age and the semester/career being studied.The sample consisted of 137 students from a university located in the east of Mexico City.The Trait Meta-Mood Scale-24 (TMMS-24) was used.The results indicated that age is a factor that influences the emotional intelligence of university students according to their maturity, abilities and responsibilities.