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 EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND COLLABORATIVE WORK 

IN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: THEORETICAL ANALYSIS 

Volume: 2 

Number: 2 

Page : 88 - 93 

1Luis Carmelo Fuertes-MEZA, 2Johnny Félix Farfán-

PIMENTEL, 3Janet Meluzka García-RIVEROS, 4Amparo Rosa 

Montellanos-SOLÍS 
1,2,3,4Universidad César Vallejo, Perú 

Corresponding author: Johnny Félix Farfán-PIMENTEL 

Universidad César Vallejo, Perú 

Email: jfarfanp@ucv.edu.pe 

 

Article History: 

Received: 2021-06-29 

Revised: 2021-07-10 

Accepted: 2021-07-25 

Abstract: 

The purpose of this article is to analyze the influence of emotional 
intelligence on collaborative work in high school students. The 

teaching-learning processes that are generated in the student in a 

given educational context, through cooperative work and the 
collaboration of the entire educational community generate an 

improvement in student learning in a quality and comprehensive 

education. In this way, working cooperatively with our students 
should be valued in the educational community to achieve the goals 

of the competencies foreseen in our educational system. At present it 

is relevant to find strategies for the change of an active methodology 

making use of our emotional intelligence using emotions as the main 
axis in addition to teamwork in order to solve challenging situations 

proposed by the teacher or problematic situations of their context. We 

will also learn about the four pillars of emotional intelligence, such as 
knowledge, aptitude, depth and emotional alchemy, which are related 

to understanding our emotions, self-regulation, empathy for others 

and social skills. Finally, significant contributions are made on 

emotional intelligence and collaborative work. 

Keywords:  

Emotional Intelligence; Cooperative Work; Interpersonal Skill. 

  

 

 

 

 

Cite this as: Meza, L.C.F, Pimentel, J.F.F, Riveros, J.M.G, Solis, 

A.R,M, (2021) Emotional Intelligence And Collaborative Work In High 

School Students: Theoretical Analysis. International Journal of 
Environmental, Sustainability, and Social Sciences 2 (2), 88-93, 

https://doi.org/10.38142/ijesss.v2i2.78 

 

INTRODUCTION 
This article addresses emotional intelligence and collaborative work at the secondary 

level of regular basic education; Emotional intelligence as a construct constitutes the 
psychological development of emotions that is directly related to some basic skills that 

are based on the recognition of other people's and own feelings for thought and action 
(Puertas, et al., 2018). Likewise, it is the ability to recognize one's own feelings and 

those of others that includes five basic dimensions: self-awareness, self-regulation, 
motivation, empathy and social skills (Goleman, 2003). Consequently, emotional 

intelligence seeks an approach in the understanding of the relationship between 

emotion and reason and results from a development or advance in intelligence theories 
and in recognition of the fact that emotional regulation appears associated with the 

satisfaction of demands that The new social conditions impose successful performance 
in different areas of action (Bello, 2019). In this regard, Cáceres et al. (2018) cites 

Salovey and Mayer (1990) in their research where they define emotional intelligence as: 
the ability to correctly identify and translate personal and other emotional signs and 

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events, elaborating them and producing processes of emotional direction, thought and 

behavior effectively and appropriately to personal goals and environment. That is, the 
individual through her abilities accesses her emotions in the synchronization and 

integration of their experiences. 

Emotional intelligence is characterized by self-knowledge of our emotions, which 
allows us to react differently to the same situation, in addition to taking into account 

the self-control of emotions that help other people not control our lives; Another 
important characteristic is the constant motivation that implies mastering certain life 

situations and focusing emotions on clear objectives, we also have empathy and social 
skills (García, 2021). In the same way, the importance of the development of 

competences in the field of teaching practice is evidenced in the development of 
learning experiences that can have significant repercussions in the professional field, 

the teacher must know the management of these emotional competences (Serrano et 

al., 2018). Likewise, emotional intelligence is an individual protective resource against 
stress as it helps regulate moods (Herrera Paico et al., 2021). 

This research work will be carried out by reviewing the literature of scientific and 
academic journals, in order to carry out the systematization of the theoretical, 

epistemological and axiological bases of the development of critical thinking 
(Deroncele-acosta et al., 2020)  of the emotional intelligence and its influence on 

collaborative work in high school students. The methods used were analysis - 

synthesis and inductive-deductive in 28 articles. For the epistemological and 
axiological foundation, it is based on analysis, synthesis of different articles with 

related relevant information (Deroncele-acosta et al., 2020), to then arrive at the 
generalizations that allow determining the influence of emotional intelligence in 

cooperative work, from the method of generalizations - abstraction (Márquez-Sandoval 
et al., 2014) searched in the database of different journals such as Scopus, EBSCO, 

ProQuest and Scielo. 
 

METHOD 

A literature review is a term that is often used by students when working on a 
thesis, thesis, or dissertation. Lecturers and researchers are also fluent in using this 

term because academic life is very close to the behavior of literature review. We will 
definitely do a literature review or literature review. For example, when we start to 

understand a new research topic, follow new research trends, and understand the 
state-of-the-art research topic. The literature review does not only mean reading the 

literature, but rather towards an in-depth and critical evaluation of previous research 
on a topic. Literature Review is a critical and in-depth evaluation of previous research 

(Shuttleworth, 2009). 

 
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 

In research carried out by Cooper and Sawaf (1998) cited by (Flores, et al. 2018), 
they determine four pillars to separate emotional intelligence from the field of 

psychological analysis and philosophical theories, placing them in the field of direct 
knowledge, study and application. These pillars are: (i) First pillar is given by emotional 

knowledge, which creates a space of personal efficiency and trust, through emotional 

honesty, emotional energy, awareness, feedback, intuition, responsibility and 
connection; (ii) Second pillar, emotional aptitude, forms the authenticity of the 

individual, his credibility and flexibility, expanding his circle of trust and ability to 
listen, handle and make the best of constructive discontent; (iii) Third pillar, emotional 

depth, explores ways to shape your life and work with its potential, being the purpose 
of supporting with integrity, commitment and responsibility; and (iv) Fourth pillar, 

emotional alchemy, allows us to understand our creative instinct and the ability to flow 
with problems, pressures and compete for the future, building capacities to perceive 



 

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hidden solutions and new opportunities. Consequently, each one increases his 

emotional intelligence, changes the form of this energy and this changes his experience 
of work, life and social relationships. It is for this reason that carrying out cooperative 

work seeks for each member of the group to contribute knowledge in order to enrich 

the project under management. That is why cooperative work should be understood as 
a process that is carried out in a group and the participants do it voluntarily and 

among equals in order to achieve the same purpose, it is characterized by the 
treatment established by the members of the group during the work phase with the 

aim of reaching agreements on a common response and taking responsibility for the 
consensus (Rus et al., 2019). Similarly, group work strengthens the teaching-learning 

process where competencies, abilities and skills are developed in order to make 
cooperative work effective (Arias, 2017). In addition, teacher training is enriched by the 

active methods of project-based learning and cooperative learning (Molina, 2020). 

Therefore, people who work collaboratively are capable of having a good attitude 
towards other people, as well as understanding that working as a team is learning 

something to continue growing and enriching their own lives and strengthening their 
skills. 

In this sense, people capable of working cooperatively not only have a good attitude 
towards their peers, but also understand that learning is something that is done every 

day and that the way to achieve it is through other people, and that it is necessary to 

work every day side by side with colleagues to continue growing and enriching their 
own lives and those of others in all competitions (Rus et al., 2019). Therefore, the 

objective of this research is to know the relationship between emotional intelligence 
and cooperative work in students at the junior high school level. According to 

Constantino & Espada (2020), they developed an investigation with the purpose of 
analyzing the channels of the development of emotional intelligence of the styles in the 

learning experience in secondary school. A quasi-experimental crossover study was 
carried out with a population of 86 students, the statistical technique of Spearman 

correlation was applied to contrast the development channels in groups, which shows 

that emotions interact in the brain with the experiences acquired during life. that 
produces physiological reactions that are associated with emotions. Likewise, De Caso 

et al. (2019) in their research aimed to verify the influence of an emotion training on 
academic performance in students, whose population was 44 participants, who were 

divided into two groups, one control and the other experimental, the results obtained 
confirm that emotional intelligence is not directly related to academic performance and 

suggests that specific evaluations of academic performance be developed that are 
adapted to the level of the students and that their application should be given before 

and after the training of their emotions. In this regard, Domínguez (2019) in his 

research aimed to determine the relationship between emotional intelligence and 
teacher performance with a total of 61 teachers, with a quantitative approach, cross-

sectional correlational descriptive design, the survey technique, the Observation and 
interview, the SPSS v.25 software was used for statistical analysis, yielding a high 

positive correlation (.747) between emotional intelligence and teaching performance 
and with significance of (p = .00 <.05). In addition, the emotional intelligence variable 

reached a reliability of .954 according to Cronbach's Alpha. 

In addition, Abarca, et al (2020) in their research used the emotional intelligence 
scale and the Burnout questionnaire to a population of 294, they reached the 

conclusions that teachers who have a higher degree of EI will be able to satisfactorily 
manage the demands work and having a better relationship with the staff of the 

educational community as well as (Serrat et al. 2018) show a negative and significant 
correlation between EI skills and burnout. In the same way, García, (2021) in his 

research aimed to clarify the management of EI and evaluate its effectiveness of the 
strategies in the management of the impression that students use with a population of 



 

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71 students, the results show us that there is a correspondence between the handling 

of printing strategies and the students' skills in emotional intelligence. This research 
contributes to the definitions of emotional intelligence from a discursive approach to 

empower women and girls and work in favor of gender equality. 

In the same way, Luy-Montejo (2019) in his research aimed to identify, analyze and 
compare the effect of problem-based learning on emotional intelligence, he had a 

sample of 48 students, he used the emotional intelligence inventory test as diagnostic 
evaluation, then he applied the ABP method in a period of 16 sessions to the 

experimental group and the measurements were carried out with the same Bar-On test 
as a final evaluation, the results have shown that there was a significant influence of 

project-based learning and development of emotional intelligence, concluded that 
intrapersonal capacity can be developed in the application stages of ABP. On the other 

hand, Olcina-Sempere et al. (2019) through an investigation of cooperative work and 

the collaboration of the educational community and the teaching-learning processes 
are reflected in an improvement in the learning that is generated within the classroom, 

therefore, it implies motivating the students in different ways. students in order to 
achieve educational quality and comprehensively. In the conclusions he made (Olcina-

Sempere et al. 2019) he shows us that cooperative learning experiences seek to value, 
among others, the cognitive and metacognitive development of students, involving the 

change of their thought processes, providing them with learning strategies and 

teaching them to make decisions and that cooperative learning practices consider 
common values in order to solve challenging situations proposed by the teacher. 

In the same way, Rojas et al. (2019) proposes the work through an active 
methodology with the aim that students achieve new competences to face this 

changing society. This research analyzed cooperative work in the development of 
interpersonal skills in the construction of knowledge among peers, emphasizing 

teamwork, the rubric was used to analyze how students perceive the development of 
interpersonal competence through cooperative work. Teamwork is important as a 

methodological tool in the classroom, developing a series of competencies within the 

student's training. It should be noted that Rojas et al. (2019) used group work as a 
methodological tool in order to achieve and exercise in student’s skills that they must 

acquire in their formative stage, for this they must work, develop and strengthen other 
skills such as knowing how to communicate their ideas, resolve conflicts, analyze 

proposals and reach agreements. Likewise, Juárez-Pulido et al. (2019) in their research 
had the purpose of incorporating the active methodology and that they conceive 

learning as an active and dynamic process in which the students become the 
protagonists of it. That is why Cooperative Learning constitutes an active methodology 

in which students work in small groups to maximize their learning, favoring the 

development of their social competence, inclusion and the reduction of bullying. By 
virtue of the conclusions of Juárez-Pulido et al. (2019), states that cooperative learning 

is an active learning methodology with a growing interest since the end of the 20th 
century and the beginning of the 21st century, whose benefits it brings to students are 

academic, cognitive, psychological and socio-educational, among others. It also 
highlights that the cooperative methodology in small groups allows students to acquire 

skills that are currently in high demand in the labor market such as leadership, 

critical capacity, communication, teamwork, division of tasks, decision-making and 
conflict resolution. 

 
CONCLUSION 

In summary, emotional intelligence is related to self-knowledge of our emotions, self-
control, motivation, empathy and social skills as manifested (García, 2021), in the 

same way, (Puertas, et al., 2018) refer us that emotional intelligence is directly related 
to some basic skills; Similarly (Goleman, 2003), emotional intelligence includes five 



 

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dimensions such as self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy and social 

skills. While Flores al et (2018) determines emotional intelligence in four pillars in the 
field of direct knowledge such as: emotional knowledge, emotional aptitude, emotional 

depth and personal alchemy. Therefore, emotional intelligence finds an approach 

between emotion and reason through intelligence theories (Bello, 2019). Our emotions 
interact directly in the brain through the experience of each individual (Constantino & 

Espada, 2020), in addition, the higher the degree of emotional intelligence the personal 
relationship with the members of the educational community increases (Abarca et al, 

2020), for this we must empower women and men in favor of gender equality (García, 
2021). In these times of pandemic it is worth highlighting the collaborative work of all 

educational communities, that is why each member of the group must provide 
knowledge in order to enrich a management project and that each member performs it 

voluntarily and among peers to achieve the same goal, such as consensus, common 

responses among others (Rus et al., 2019), Similarly (Arias, 2017) agrees that 
cooperative work strengthens the teaching-learning process; therefore, the importance 

of taking into account teacher training for the application of active methods such as 
PBL in accordance with cooperative learning (Molina, 2020). 

According to the reviewed literature, emotional intelligence can provide new data 
and allow the construction and improvement of pedagogical theoretical models. For 

this reason, the intervention of emotional intelligence factors in secondary education 

has become necessary. The relationship between emotional intelligence and 
cooperative work shows that teamwork contributes positively to the increase of the 

construct through the development of social skills in students that are positively 
reinforced. Likewise, the application and benefits of the cooperative strategy allow 

students to acquire skills for teamwork and enhance educational perspectives at 
school, enable decision-making, division of tasks, assume a critical position, generate 

coordination for teamwork, conflict resolution and the development of autonomy and 
comprehensive training of the student. 

 

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