“…In addition, a strong and positive relationship has been established between emotional intelligence and motivation especially if this extrinsic motivation and amotivation (Sontakke, 2016 ; Usán & Salavera, 2018 ); although studies in the context of Primary Education are scarce (Ferrándiz et al, 2012 ; Clarke et al, 2014 ). Most of them have been conducted with samples of middle school and university students (Durán et al, 2006 ; Domínguez-Alonso et al, 2016 ; Lomelí-Parga et al, 2016 ; Usán & Salavera, 2018 ). There are also some related to specific fields such as music, language teaching or physical education (López, 2013 ; Conde & Almagro, 2013 ; Cera et al, 2015 ; González-Peiteado et al, 2016 ; Fierro Suero et al, 2019 ).…”