Emotional intelligence as predictor of mental, social, and physical health in university students.

Full Abstract

This study examined the association between emotional intelligence (EI), anxiety, depression, and mental, social, and physical health in university students. The sample was made up of 184 university students (38 men and 146 women). El was evaluated by the Trait Meta-Mood Scale (Salovey, Mayer, Goldman, Turvey, and Palfai, 1995), which evaluates the three dimensions (Attention, Clarity, and Mood Repair). Anxiety was evaluated with the Trait Anxiety Questionnaire (Spielberger, Gorsuch, Lushene, Vagg, and Jacobs, 1983) and depression with the Beck Depression Inventory (Beck, Rush, Shaw, and Emery, 1979). Mental, social, and physical health were evaluated with the SF-12 Health Survey (Ware, Kosinski, and Keller, 1996). Results showed that high Emotional Attention was positively and significantly related to high anxiety, depression, and to low levels of Role Emotional, Social Functioning, and Mental Health. However, high levels of emotional Clarity and Mood Repair were related to low levels of anxiety and depression, high Role Physical, Social Functioning, Mental Health, Vitality, and General Health. This study confirmed the predictive value of Attention, Clarity and Mood Repair regarding the levels of anxiety, depression, and areas related to mental, social, and physical health in university students.

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Author information

Author/s: Extremera, Natalio (N); Fernández-Berrocal, Pablo (P);

Affiliation: Universidad de Málaga, Facultad de Psicología, Campus de Teatinos, s/n, 29071 Málaga, Spain. nextremera(-atsign-)uma.es

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: The Spanish journal of psychology (Span J Psychol), published in Spain. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-May; vol 9 (issue 1) : pp 45-51

Dates: Created 2006/05/05; Completed 2006/09/15; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 16673622, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adult
Anxiety
Depression
Emotions
Female
Health Status
Humans

Intelligence
Male
Mental Health
Middle Aged
Questionnaires
Students - psychology
Universities

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