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This research investigated the mediating role of emotional intelligence between personality traits and academic achievements among undergraduate students in Pakistan. A sample was comprised of 150 undergraduate college students (boys = 74, girls = 76) having age range 18-24 as boys (M = 21.09, SD = 1.41) and girls (M = 20.18, SD = .71). The data was collected from Queen Mary College, Lahore, and Govt. G.C. University Lahore by using a convenient sampling technique. Big Five Inventory (John & Srivastava, 1999), Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire-Short Form (Petrides & Furnham, 2003), and student's Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) were used as measures. Mediated hierarchical regression revealed that after controlling the effects of emotional intelligence (the Mediator) the personality traits (extroversion, agreeableness, and openness) not significantly predict academic achievements which indicate full mediation. Implications of the findings were discussed for family/home; educational settings, policy makers' counselors, and clinical psychologists' guidance in the context of Pakistani culture.
Keyword. Personality Traits, Emotional Intelligence, Academic achievements
Education is the key to the economic advancement of any state. Every government is taking numerous steps to improve their education system and are willing to allocate a large proportion of their annual budget for education because they are convinced that having more educated will create higher economic growth and social justice by improving the quality of living of the lower and middle-income groups (Chen & Lai, 2015). During the last decade practically as per the psychological needs of students, emotional intelligence has received an intense amount of attention in research with other variables (as personality, self-esteem, etc.) (Serrat, 2017).
Numerous factors contribute to influencing the motivational level, academic behaviour, and educational achievements of the students (Ali, Naseer & Nadeem, 2021; Asif & Ghazal, 2022; Naseer & Rafique, 2021). Personality and emotional intelligence are also those significant contributors (Mohammadi & Asgari, 2016). The findings of different studies indicated that personality and emotional intelligence have a positive association with academic achievements (Castillo, Salguero, Fernández-Berrocal, & Balluerka, 2013; Todres, Tsimtsiou, Stephenson, & Jones, 2010).
Emotional abilities and personality traits enable a person to have better social skills, longer relationships, and competency to resolve conflicts and accomplish the high achievements of life (Qualter et al., 2012; Rafati, Sharif & Zeighami, 2004). Academic Achievement is also...