Title: Staying afloat through the balance of EI, resilience and student engagement: a student engagement model perspective

Authors: Praveen Kumar Pandey; Anindita Chatterjee; Shilpa Narang; Prashant Kumar Pandey

Addresses: New Delhi Institute of Management (NDIM), New Delhi, India ' Faculty of Management Sciences (FMS), Adani University, Gujarat, India ' Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Faridabad, Haryana 121004, India ' Fortune Institute of International Business, Opposite Army R&R Hospital, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, Delhi 110057, India

Abstract: The present study aims to investigate the role of academic engagement in the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and resilience on both quality of life and academic achievement in university students. Five scales were administered to 347 education students at the MRIIRS to measure emotional intelligence, resilience, academic engagement, and quality of life. The study found that emotional intelligence directly predicted students' life satisfaction and academic performance, while resilience impacted students' engagement. However, academic engagement was not found to have a direct moderation role in students' life satisfaction and academic performance. The study's results emphasise the significance of academic engagement in educational contexts and support the need to consider engagement in designing and implementing instructional processes and initiatives to improve overall well - being and academic achievement among university students. However, the study has limitations including being cross-sectional, using self-reported measures, potentially having an unrepresentative sample, and lacking previous research in this area.

Keywords: student engagement; emotional intelligence; EI; academic engagement; life satisfaction and education; emotions; education; resilience.

DOI: 10.1504/IJWOE.2025.150230

International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion, 2025 Vol.16 No.4, pp.446 - 470

Accepted: 10 Mar 2025
Published online: 04 Dec 2025 *

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