Emotional intelligence and psychological health in a sample of Kuwaiti college students.
Author: Alkhadher O.
Source:
Perceptual and motor skills, 104(3), 923-936.
This summary investigated correlations between emotional intelligence and
psychological health amongst 191 Kuwaiti undergraduate students in psychology, 98
men and 93 women (M age=20.6 yr., SD=2.8). There were two measures of emotional
intelligence, one based on the ability model, the Arabic Test for Emotional
Intelligence, and the other on the mixed model, the Emotional Intelligence
Questionnaire. Participants' psychological health was assessed using scales from
the Personality Assessment Inventory. A weak relationship between the two types
of emotional intelligence was found. A correlation for scores on the Emotional
Intelligence Questionnaire with the Personality Assessment Inventory was found
but not with those of the Arabic Test for Emotional Intelligence. Regression
analysis indicated scores on Managing Emotions and Self-awareness accounted for
most of the variance in the association with the Personality Assessment
Inventory. Significant sex differences were found only on the Arabic Test for
Emotional Intelligence; women scored higher than men. On Emotional Intelligence
Questionnaire measures, men had significantly higher means on Managing Emotions
and Self-motivation. However, no significant differences were found between the
sexes on the Total Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire scores.