“…Several studies investigated the relationship between overall EI and academic achievement (Petrides, Frederickson & Furnham, 2004;Akbar, Shah, Khan, & Akhter, 2011;Abdo, 2011), as well as the link between different dimensions of EI and academic performance of adolescents (Parker et al, 2004;MacCann, Fogarty, Zeidner, & Roberts, 2011;Yazici, Seyis & Altun, 2011). While some studies focused on the influence of various factors, such as demographics or psychological characteristics (Ekaterini Kargakou, 2015;Yazici, Seyis & Altun, 2011) on the relationship between EI and academic achievement, other studies aimed to test the potential mediator/moderator effect of EI (Hogan, 2009;).…”