scholarly journals The relationship between cognitive ability, emotional intelligence and negative career thoughts: A study of career-exploring adults

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis Dahl ◽  
Frans Cilliers
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Career Exploration ◽  
Career Counselling ◽  
Career Thoughts ◽  
Negative Career Thoughts ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Ability Emotional Intelligence ◽  
The Relationship

Orientation: Career exploration can be a stressful experience, often manifested by negative career thoughts. In this article, the factors which influence the ability to cope with negative thinking are investigated.Research purpose: This study investigated the relationship between cognitive ability, emotional intelligence and negative thoughts pertaining to career in a sample of unemployed, non-student adults.Motivation for study: There is a need for research which investigates the psychological factors that contribute to successful career exploration and decision-making. Cognitive ability is one such factor, whilst emotional intelligence is another whose validity is not yet well established.Research design, approach and method: A survey design and quantitative procedures were used in gathering and analysing data gathered from 193 non-student, middle-aged adults attending a community-based career exploration programme in British Columbia, Canada. Cognitive ability, emotional intelligence and negative career thoughts before and after a career exploration programme were measured.Main findings: Neither cognitive ability nor any aspect of emotional intelligence predicted negative career thinking change. Cognitive ability predicted overall negative career thoughts as well as decision-making confusion, but only after the programme. The ability to manage emotions, however, predicted negative career thoughts both before and after the career decision-making programme.Practical/managerial implications: The managing emotions component of emotional intelligence is significantly associated with negative career thoughts. These findings suggest that career counselling requires that the role of emotions and their influence on behaviours must be given more consideration. Industrial and organisational (IO) psychologists would benefit from engaging in programmes that train them to assist clients in becoming more aware of, and increasing, their own emotional intelligence.Contribution/value-add: The study added insights to the field of career psychology regarding the ability of emotional intelligence to predict important outcomes regarding the dimensions of emotional intelligence (EI) as measured by a performance-based test predicting negative career thoughts amongst the non-student, adult population.

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

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.

Career Exploration and Career Decision-Making Difficulties

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 445-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Storme ◽  
Pinar Celik
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Exploration ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Creative Self ◽  
Career Options ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Environmental Exploration

This article investigated the moderating role of creative self-efficacy (CSE) on the relationship between career exploration and career decision-making difficulties among French undergraduate students ( N = 415). Drawing a parallel between the career decision-making process and the notion of creative problem-solving, we reasoned that career exploration without CSE—that is, the confidence in one’s own ability to solve original and complex problems—can be associated with career decision-making difficulties. Our study shows that among students who have low levels of CSE, environmental exploration, and self-exploration regarding career options are respectively associated with dysfunctional beliefs regarding one’s career path and general indecisiveness. We discuss the implications of the results.

scholarly journals Predictors of performance at the Baccalaureate in Romania. A Pilot Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-86
Author(s):  
Cezar Valentin Ionescu
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
General Cognitive Ability ◽  
Exam Preparation ◽  
Psychological Attributes ◽  
The Hours ◽  
Ability Emotional Intelligence ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of the present study is to examine the predictors of performance on the Romanian Bacalaureat (BAC). The study analyses the relationship between the composite BAC score as the criterion and several psychological attributes as the predictors: general cognitive ability, emotional intelligence, learning motivation, grit, conscientiousness, self-regulation, and the hours spent on exam preparation. Data analysis reveals the fact that intelligence does not predict BAC performance at all. The same result also holds for the association between BAC performance and emotional intelligence or motivation. Self-regulation, conscientiousness and grit are trivially, yet not statistically significant associated with BAC performance. Even the number of hours spent on exam preparation donot predict BAC performance.Taking these results into account, it is crucial to explain why no statistically significant association was obtained between the predictors and criterion. In the author’s mind, the findings should sound a warning with regard to the exam held in Romania when one graduates high school.

Decision-making self-efficacy mediates the peer support–career exploration relationship

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 485-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huafeng Zhang ◽  
Haitao Huang
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Exploration ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Career Information ◽  
Distal Support ◽  
The Relationship

We explored the mediating effect of decision-making self-efficacy in the relationship between undergraduates' perceived career-related peer support and career exploration. Participants were 650 junior and senior undergraduates from 6 public universities in Shanghai, China. The key results were as follows: (1) career information and suggestion, emotional support, and peer role models were the 3 dominant factors of career-related peer support; (2) career-related peer support was positively and significantly correlated with career exploration; and (3) career decision-making self-efficacy mediated the relationship between career-related peer support and career exploration. Specifically, career information and suggestion and peer role models provided proximal and distal support, promoting individuals' career exploration not only directly but also indirectly through career decision-making self-efficacy. In comparison, emotional support from peers provided only distal support, promoting individual career exploration indirectly through career decision-making self-efficacy. Theoretical and practical implications of the findings, study limitations, and future research directions are discussed.

scholarly journals Predictors of performance at the Baccalaureate in Romania. A Pilot Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-86
Author(s):  
Cezar Valentin Ionescu
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
General Cognitive Ability ◽  
Exam Preparation ◽  
Psychological Attributes ◽  
The Hours ◽  
Ability Emotional Intelligence ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of the present study is to examine the predictors of performance on the Romanian Bacalaureat (BAC). The study analyses the relationship between the composite BAC score as the criterion and several psychological attributes as the predictors: general cognitive ability, emotional intelligence, learning motivation, grit, conscientiousness, self-regulation, and the hours spent on exam preparation. Data analysis reveals the fact that intelligence does not predict BAC performance at all. The same result also holds for the association between BAC performance and emotional intelligence or motivation. Self-regulation, conscientiousness and grit are trivially, yet not statistically significant associated with BAC performance. Even the number of hours spent on exam preparation donot predict BAC performance.Taking these results into account, it is crucial to explain why no statistically significant association was obtained between the predictors and criterion. In the author’s mind, the findings should sound a warning with regard to the exam held in Romania when one graduates high school.

The Relationship Between Career Thoughts and Adjustment for Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel C. Lustig ◽  
Yonghong Jade Xu ◽  
David R. Strauser ◽  
Michael M. MacKay
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Psychosocial Adjustment ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Career Thoughts ◽  
Career Thoughts Inventory ◽  
Dysfunctional Career Thoughts ◽  
The Relationship

The study investigated the relationship between the psychosocial adjustment and dysfunctional career thoughts for adults with multiple sclerosis. The Reactions to Impairment and Disability Inventory measured psychosocial adjustment, and the Career Thoughts Inventory measured dysfunctional career thoughts. The results found that (a) higher levels of depression were associated with higher levels of decision-making confusion and commitment anxiety and (b) higher levels of adjustment were associated with lower levels of decision-making confusion. Rehabilitation counselor implications are discussed.

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