Emotional intelligence and reading comprehension at the student level: a thematic update

Guzmán-López E.; Puican-Carreño A.; Salas-Morales A.J.; Sánchez-Albarran V.E. · Encuentros (Maracaibo) (2025) · DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14268977

Resumen

The article aims to analyze the correlation between emotional intelligence, understood as the ability to effectively manage personal emotions, and reading comprehension, an essential skill for the critical development of students, to consolidate investigative autonomy and assertive communication. To achieve this goal, the article focuses on three core aspects: 1. It presents the characteristics of emotional intelligence, such as self-regulation, personal knowledge, dealing with otherness, empathy, solidarity, as basic social skills for development in school and university spaces. 2. It points out the relevance of reading comprehension as a skill required for the development of student activities, which allows to discern the meanings of a written text, but which, beyond that, leads to the deepening of critical thinking. 3. It highlights the pedagogical strategies necessary to improve reading comprehension, emphasizing personal and professional care, as requirements to cultivate emotional intelligence. The method used is documentary exploration. It is concluded that, in order to improve reading comprehension and strengthen emotional intelligence, it is urgent to renew education and pedagogical processes at all levels, where the importance of the act of reading is cultivated as a priority element of all academic activity.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo; Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego; Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola