The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among emotional intelligence, creativity, and academic achievement among adult learners in order to provide practical implications regarding how emotional intelligence can be utilized to enhance academic achievement in an era characterized by a declining school-age population and the growing importance of lifelong education. The study targeted adult learners enrolled in a four-year university located in Jeonbuk Province and adult education institutions located in Gyeonggi Province. Data were collected through a questionnaire survey, and the collected data were analyzed using SPSS 28.0. The results of the study are as follows. First, among the four dimensions of emotional intelligence, self-emotion appraisal and use of emotion had significant positive effects on creativity, whereas others’ emotion appraisal and regulation of emotion did not have significant effects on creativity. Second, creativity was found to have a significant positive effect on academic achievement. Third, self-emotion appraisal and use of emotion were found to have significant direct effects on academic achievement. These findings provide important implications for universities and lifelong education institutions, which have traditionally focused primarily on student recruitment while paying relatively little attention to the development of learners’ emotional intelligence and creativity after enrollment. Given the continuing decline in the number of prospective students and the increasing importance of lifelong education, the findings suggest that universities and adult education practitioners should devote greater efforts to fostering and managing the emotional intelligence of adult learners as a means of enhancing their academic achievement and strengthening institutional competitiveness.
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ABSTRACT Ⅰ. Introduction Ⅱ. Literature Review 2.1 Emotional Intelligence 2.2 Creativity 2.3 Academic Achievement Ⅲ. Research Model and Hypothesis Development 3.1 Research Model 3.2 Hypothesis Development Ⅳ. Analysis 4.1 Research Participants and Data Collection Methods 4.2 Conceptual Definitions and Measurement of Variables 4.3 Results of the Analysis Ⅴ. Conclusion References