The objective of this study was to know the level of emotional intelligence presented by a group of first-year students from the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Panama. Within this research, we also sought to establish whether the differences in emotional intelligence between men and women and the study shift were significant. The type of study was descriptive-comparative, with a non-experimental research design. We worked with 42 students to whom the Constructive Thinking Inventory (CTI) was applied, a measure of emotional intelligence. The results through this instrument showed that the majority of those evaluated presented a Global Constructive Thinking below the average, therefore, they have a rigid way of thinking, they adapt with difficulty to situations, they are critical of themselves and with others. others, which can make your interpersonal relationships difficult. No significant differences were found in the Constructive Thinking scale between male and female students of the Faculty of Psychology who were in the first year of both shifts, that is, sex was not a factor that influenced constructive thinking.
