AUTHOR=Bereded Derib Gosim , Abebe Amare Sahile , Negasi Reda Darge TITLE=Emotional intelligence and academic achievement among first-year undergraduate university students: the mediating role of academic engagement JOURNAL=Frontiers in Education VOLUME=10 YEAR=2025 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/education/articles/10.3389/feduc.2025.1567418 DOI=10.3389/feduc.2025.1567418 ISSN=2504-284X