Parisa Ganjeh, York Hagmayer, Thomas Meyer, Ronny Kuhnert, Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer, Nicole von Steinbuechel, Aribert Rothenberger, Andreas Becker
Physical activity and the development of general mental health problems or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in children and adolescents: A cross-lagged panel analysis of long-term follow-up epidemiological data
Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience
role emotional intelligence learning motivation shaping university students academic outcomes received greater attention especially modernization era thus study investigates mediating role emotional intelligence relationship learning motivation academic outcomes examining genderconditional indirect effect crosssectional study conducted four randomly chosen cities saudi arabia riyadh jeddah hail yanbu 400 health science students conveniently selected using equal allocation 100 studentscampus digital survey used data collection aprilmay 2022 containing three sections personal characteristics academic outcomes modified schutte selfreport inventory academic motivation scale emotional intelligence positively correlated learning motivation r 0525 p 0001 academic outcomes r 0153 p 0001 academic outcomes weak positive correlation learning motivation r 0115 p 0014 mediation analysis confirmed emotional intelligence fully mediates relationship learning motivation academic outcomes insignificant direct effect learning motivation academic outcomes 0049 p 0573 95 ci 0059 0144 conditional indirect effect gender significantly moderated 161 mediating effect emotional intelligence 0161 p 0005 95 ci 0035 0273 significant indirect effect proved male gender 0157 p 0004 95 ci 0072 0240 significant gender differences concerning emotional intelligence p 0534 academic outcomes p 0466 detected however male students significantly higher learning motivation female students p 0001 emotional intelligence completely mediates relationship learning motivation outcomes stronger mediating effect male students thus policymakers must focus improving students emotional intelligence skills boost learning motivation academic outcomes