Emotional Intelligence and Self-Esteem in Regular Elementary School Adolescents, a Post-Pandemic Research

The development of Emotional Intelligence (EI) improves a person's performance in different situations and offers a variety of possible solutions to various challenges, which have become more difficult with the emergence of COVID-19. Self-esteem, on the other hand, plays an important role in the formation of the adolescent because it will enable him/her to know who approves or disapproves of him/her, and this rating will influence the adolescent's personality and efforts. Under this premise, through a basic research, quantitative approach, non-experimental and cross-sectional design, descriptive and correlational, the objective was to determine the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and self-esteem in adolescents of basic education in the rural sector of the Peruvian highlands. The results were (Rho=0,818), a value of P=0,010, in a population of 85 adolescent students in the fourth and fifth grades of secondary education. It is concluded that there is a correlation between the variables. In addition, the findings indicate 32 % poorly developed intrapersonal emotional intelligence, 34 % poorly developed stress management, 7 % markedly low intrapersonal intelligence, 6 % markedly low interpersonal intelligence, 7 % markedly low stress management. To help students with poorly developed levels, it is recommended to implement induction programs and cognitive behavioral therapy.