Raquel Gilar-Corbi
Department of Developmental Psychology and Didactics, University of Alicante, Campus San Vicente del Raspeig, Ap, 99, E-03080 Alicante, SpainUniversity of AlicanteSpainAlicante, SpainDepartment of Developmental Psychology and Didactics, University of Alicante, Campus San Vicente del Raspeig, Ap, 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain
Teresa Pozo-Rico
Department of Developmental Psychology and Didactics, University of Alicante, Campus San Vicente del Raspeig, Ap, 99, E-03080 Alicante, SpainUniversity of AlicanteSpainAlicante, SpainDepartment of Developmental Psychology and Didactics, University of Alicante, Campus San Vicente del Raspeig, Ap, 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain
Maria Luisa Pertegal-Felices
Department of Developmental Psychology and Didactics, University of Alicante, Campus San Vicente del Raspeig, Ap, 99, E-03080 Alicante, SpainUniversity of AlicanteSpainAlicante, SpainDepartment of Developmental Psychology and Didactics, University of Alicante, Campus San Vicente del Raspeig, Ap, 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain
Barbara Sanchez
Department of Developmental Psychology and Didactics, University of Alicante, Campus San Vicente del Raspeig, Ap, 99, E-03080 Alicante, SpainUniversity of AlicanteSpainAlicante, SpainDepartment of Developmental Psychology and Didactics, University of Alicante, Campus San Vicente del Raspeig, Ap, 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain
Raquel Gilar-Corbí. In 2002, she obtained her PhD in educational psychology. She is a lecturer at the Department of Developmental Psychology and Didactics at University of Alicante, Spain, since 2003. She currently is the director of the Department of Developmental Psychology and Didactics. Dr. Gilar has managed and participated in numerous research projects, both national and international. Her research interests are focused on intelligence, underachievement, high abilities, emotional intelligence, and teacher training.
Teresa Pozo-Rico received her PhD in 2011. She is an associate professor at the Department of Developmental Psychology and Didactics at University of Alicante and at the National Distance Education University (SPAIN). She works as advisor of teachers’ programmes and responsible for courses for Primary and Secondary School at the Education Establishment Training Teachers. Her lines of research revolve around the study of emotional intelligence and e-learning systems.
María Luisa Pertegal-Felices received the B.S. degree in Psychology and Pedagogy and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain, in 2011. She is currently an Assistant Lecturer with the Department of Developmental Psychology and Didactics, University of Alicante. She also has more than 10 years of child guidance experience at public schools. Her research interests include emotional intelligence applied to work performance, investigation of higher education, and the development of generic competencies.
Bárbara Sánchez received the B.S. degree in Psychology and Pedagogy from the University of Alicante, Spain, in 2004. Her research interests are focused on the study of personal intelligence and emotional intelligence applied to different educational stages in which she works as a teaching professional ranging from early education to university studies. She is an associate professor at the Department of Developmental Psychology and Didactics at University of Alicante since 2009. She has an experience of more than 18 years in teaching and 6 years as a member of the management team of a primary school.
Authors’ contributions
RGC developed the methods and the data analysis. TPR was responsible for the theoretical review of the topic and training intervention. MPF was responsible for the theoretical review of the topic and review of the references. BS was responsible for the acquisition of data and analysis and interpretation of data. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.