An Examination of Ability Emotional Intelligence and Its Relationships with Fluid and Crystallized Abilities in a Student Sample

This study investigated correlative, factorial, and structural relationships between scores for ability emotional intelligence in the workplace (measured with the Geneva Emotional Competence Test), as well as fluid and crystallized abilities (measured with the Intelligence Structure Battery), carried out by a 188-participant student sample. Confirming existing research, recognition, understanding, and management of emotions were related primarily to crystallized ability tests measuring general knowledge, verbal fluency, and knowledge of word meaning. Meanwhile, emotion regulation was the least correlated with any other cognitive or emotional ability. In line with research on the trainability of emotional intelligence, these results may support the notion that emotional abilities are subject to acquired knowledge, where situational (i.e., workplace-specific) emotional intelligence may depend on accumulating relevant experiences.

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The Role of Emotional and Meta-Emotional Intelligence in Pre-adolescents’ Well-Being and Sociometric Status

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.749700 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Antonella D’Amico ◽

Alessandro Geraci

Keyword(s):

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Well Being ◽

Sociometric Status ◽

Future Studies ◽

Self Evaluation ◽

Ability Emotional Intelligence ◽

Emotional Dimensions ◽

Emotional Ability ◽

Emotional Knowledge

The study examined the relationships among emotional and meta-emotional intelligence, well-being, and sociometric status in 105 pre-adolescents. Emotional and meta-emotional intelligence were measured using the Intelligenza Emotiva: Abilità, Credenze e Concetto di Sé Meta-Emotivo (IE-ACCME) test (D’Amico, 2013), allowing to measure ability emotional intelligence (EI), emotional self-concept, meta-emotional knowledge, meta-emotional ability in self-evaluation, and meta-emotional beliefs. Meta-emotional dimensions refer to the awareness of individuals about their emotional abilities and to their beliefs about the functioning of emotions in everyday life. Eudemonic well-being and sociometric status were, respectively, measured using the well-known Psychological Well-Being (PWB) scale by Ryff’s (1989) and registering the levels of acceptance/rejection from peers (Moreno, 1960). Results demonstrated that: pre-adolescents’ meta-emotional beliefs are positively associated to eudemonic well-being: pre-adolescents with higher levels of ability EI, meta-emotional knowledge and meta-emotional self-evaluation are more accepted by others while those that overestimate their emotional abilities are more refused by peers. These results evidence that meta-emotional variables may play a crucial role in well-being and sociometric status, encouraging future studies on this issue.

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Emotion information processing as a new component of emotional intelligence: Theoretical framework and empirical evidence

European Journal of Personality ◽

10.1177/08902070211007672 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 089020702110076

Author(s):

Marina Fiori ◽

Shagini Udayar ◽

Ashley Vesely Maillefer

Keyword(s):

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Information Processing ◽

Incremental Validity ◽

Stressful Situation ◽

Factorial Structure ◽

Ability Emotional Intelligence ◽

Processing Component ◽

Overall Performance ◽

The Relationship

The relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and emotion information processing (EIP) has received surprisingly little attention in the literature. The present research addresses these gaps in the literature by introducing a conceptualization of emotional intelligence as composed of two distinct components: (1) EIK or emotion Knowledge component, captured by current ability emotional intelligence tests, related to top-down, higher order reasoning about emotions, and which depends more strongly on acquired and culture-bound knowledge about emotions; (2) EIP or emotion information Processing component, measured with emotion information processing tasks, requires faster processing and is based on bottom-up attention-related responses to emotion information. In Study 1 ( N = 349) we tested the factorial structure of this new EIP component within the nomological network of intelligence and current ability emotional intelligence. In Study 2 ( N =111) we tested the incremental validity of EIP in predicting both overall performance and the charisma of a presenter while presenting in a stressful situation. Results support the importance of acknowledging the role of emotion information processing in the emotional intelligence literature and point to the utility of introducing a new EI measure that would capture stable individual differences in how individuals process emotion information.

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Gender differences in the nature and linkage of higher-order personality factors to trait and ability emotional intelligence

Personality and Individual Differences ◽

10.1016/j.paid.2009.12.019 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 48 (5) ◽

pp. 617-622 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Heather H. McIntyre

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Higher Order ◽

Personality Factors ◽

Ability Emotional Intelligence

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A Comparison of the Ability Emotional Intelligence of Head Teachers With School Teachers in Other Positions

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00841 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

María José Gutiérrez-Cobo ◽

Rosario Cabello ◽

Juan Rodríguez-Corrales ◽

Alberto Megías-Robles ◽

Raquel Gómez-Leal ◽

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Keyword(s):

Emotional Intelligence ◽

School Teachers ◽

Head Teachers ◽

Ability Emotional Intelligence

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Ability emotional intelligence and life satisfaction: Humor style as a mediator

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.7805 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 47 (5) ◽

pp. 1-13 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Neng-Tang Huang ◽

Hui-Lin Lee

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Chinese Language ◽

The Other ◽

Satisfaction Scale ◽

Intelligence Scale ◽

Chinese University ◽

Humor Style ◽

Ability Emotional Intelligence ◽

Life Satisfaction Scale

We examined the path effect of humor style (HS) in terms of ability emotional intelligence (EI) and life satisfaction (LS) with 260 Chinese university students. The ability EI, HS, and LS of participants were measured with Chinese language versions of the measures, including the Emotional Intelligence Scale, the Humor Styles Questionnaire, and the Life Satisfaction Scale. We found that EI and LS were positively correlated. Positive HS (affiliative and self-enhancing) positively mediated EI and LS, and negative HS (aggressive and self-defeating) mediated EI and LS negatively. After control had been established for the other mediating variables, self-enhancing HS accounted for more variance in EI and LS than did the other 3 HS. These results increase understanding of how individuals with strong ability to regulate their emotions via a concrete HS improve their LS. Lastly, we recommended a process and mechanism for improving LS with EI.

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