Editing Emotional intelligence (section)

=== Academic performance ===
A 2020 meta-analysis showed that students with higher emotional intelligence show higher academic performance at school.<ref name=":7">{{Cite journal|last1=MacCann|first1=Carolyn|last2=Jiang|first2=Yixin|last3=Brown|first3=Luke E R|last4=Double|first4=Kit S|last5=Bucich|first5=Micaela|last6=Minbashian|first6=Amirali|name-list-style=vanc|title=Emotional intelligence predicts academic performance: A meta-analysis|url=https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000219|journal=Psychological Bulletin|year=2020|volume=146|issue=2|pages=150–186|doi=10.1037/bul0000219|pmid=31829667|s2cid=209342554|via=APA}}</ref> This was a summary of over 1,246 effects from 158 different studies, with a sample size of 42,529. Students with higher emotional intelligence had better scores on standardized tests and achieved higher grades. The effect was significantly larger for humanities than for science/maths areas of study, and significantly larger for ability-model emotional intelligence measures than for rating scales of emotional intelligence. The association of emotional intelligence with higher academic achievement was still significant even after considering the effect of students' Big Five personality and intelligence.