Inteligencia Emocional y Competencias Transversales en los Estudiantes de la Escuela de Oficiales PNP-Perú

This article has the purpose of analyzing the relationship between emotional intelligence and transversal competencies used by undergraduate students at the Officers School of the National Police of Peru - 2021. This research project applied the quantitative method based on a descriptive method - correlational and cross-sectional non-experimental approach. The student’s population is made up of 1,539 cadets, 617 participants were chosen as a stratified random sample. In this research, Likert-type questionnaires were administered. The results of the evaluation of emotional intelligence and its dimensions indicated variations in the scores with an average where M = 78.77 and 183.17; Its sample indicates that more than half of those who were evaluated present a developed or very well-developed emotional capacity. About the transversal competencies, the scores ranged from M = 33.80 to 89.19, generally located in the medium-to-high range. With Spearman's Rho index at a p<0.001, on the general level (Rho = 0.559**) significant association; and the correlation between emotional intelligence and the dimensions of instrumental, interpersonal, and systemic transversal respectively. Finally, the studies find evidence of a significant correlation between emotional intelligence in the cadets of Police Officer School of PNP, which is positively associated with the strengthening of transversal competencies. These elements are fundamental and play an important role in the educational processes, to improve comprehensive and professional performance in the future officers, getting better employability and service to the community.