TY - JOUR
T1 - A meta-analytic investigation of the relationship between emotional intelligence and health
AU - Schutte, Nicola S.
AU - Malouff, John M.
AU - Thorsteinsson, Einar B.
AU - Bhullar, Navjot
AU - Rooke, Sally E.
PY - 2007/4
Y1 - 2007/4
N2 - A meta-analysis of 44 effect sizes based on the responses of 7898 participants found that higher emotional intelligence was associated with better health. Emotional intelligence had a weighted average association of r = .29 with mental health, r = .31 with psychosomatic health, and r = .22 with physical health. Emotional intelligence measured as a trait was more strongly associated with mental health than emotional intelligence measured as an ability. Comparison of three measures of perceived trait emotional intelligence, the EQ-i (Bar-On, 2000), the Assessing Emotions Scale (Schutte et al., 1998), and the Trait Meta Mood Scale (Salovey, Mayer, Goldman, Turvey, & Palfai, 1995), showed that the EQ-i had a significantly stronger association with mental health than the other measures. The findings provide a basis for research aimed at determining the causal relationship between trait emotional intelligence and health.
AB - A meta-analysis of 44 effect sizes based on the responses of 7898 participants found that higher emotional intelligence was associated with better health. Emotional intelligence had a weighted average association of r = .29 with mental health, r = .31 with psychosomatic health, and r = .22 with physical health. Emotional intelligence measured as a trait was more strongly associated with mental health than emotional intelligence measured as an ability. Comparison of three measures of perceived trait emotional intelligence, the EQ-i (Bar-On, 2000), the Assessing Emotions Scale (Schutte et al., 1998), and the Trait Meta Mood Scale (Salovey, Mayer, Goldman, Turvey, & Palfai, 1995), showed that the EQ-i had a significantly stronger association with mental health than the other measures. The findings provide a basis for research aimed at determining the causal relationship between trait emotional intelligence and health.
KW - Emotional intelligence
KW - Health
KW - Mental health
KW - Meta-analysis
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U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2006.09.003
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2006.09.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33846375846
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 42
SP - 921
EP - 933
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
IS - 6
ER -
