http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019188691400083X
This is the web address for an open access article on the positive relationship between emotional intelligence and generalized self determination, or what psychodramatists might call “act hunger”. The authors assert that the 2 are linked, and both contribute to psychological well being.
Personality and Individual Differences
Volume 64, July 2014, Pages 1–6
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Internalizing emotions: Self-determination as an antecedent of emotional intelligence
Dominique Perreaulta, Lisa Maskb, Melinda Morgana, Céline M. Blancharda, ,
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DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.01.056
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Highlights
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Emotional intelligence (EI) is important for psychological well-being (PWB).
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We examine general self-determination (GSD) as an antecedent of EI.
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Results indicate that GSD promotes greater PWB though increased EI.
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Some EI abilities are more important for PWB than others.
Abstract
An extensive body of literature indicates that people differ in the extent to which they attend to, process, and regulate emotions. The present research sought to build on this knowledge by examining whether general self-determination (GSD) could account for individual variation in emotional intelligence (EI) and psychological well-being (PWB). A simple and multiple mediation model using bootstrap analyses tested these relationships in a sample of students (Study 1, N = 283) and workers (Study 2, N = 265). Results supported the hypothesized mediating role of EI in the relationship between GSD and PWB across both studies. When the inter-related facets of EI were considerately separately, indirect effects emerged for mood regulation/optimism and social skills across both studies as well as for utilization of emotions, albeit negatively, in Study 2. Our findings support and extend past work on the antecedents of EI and have important implications for human functioning across a variety of settings.
