@misc{10481/61296,
year = {2019},
month = {8},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/61296},
abstract = {It has long been thought that emotional intelligence (EI) involves skillful emotion regulation,
but surprisingly little is known about the precise links between EI and emotion regulation. To
address this gap in the literature, we examined the relation between EI—operationalised as
an ability—and the use of two common emotion regulation strategies—cognitive reappraisal
and expressive suppression. Seven hundred and twelve participants from a community
sample in Spain were assessed on ability EI (using the MSCEIT) and emotion regulation
(using the ERQ). Findings revealed that EI ability was positively associated with cognitive
reappraisal and negatively associated with expressive suppression. These relationships
were moderated by gender and age. The strength of the association between EI and cognitive
reappraisal increased with age for men, while this strength decreased with age for
women. Conversely, the strength of the association between EI and suppression decreased
with age for men, but increased with age for women. These findings confirm the expectation
that EI is associated with greater use of generally adaptive forms of emotion regulation
(reappraisal), and lesser use of generally maladaptive forms of emotion regulation (suppression),
although effect sizes were quite modest. Observed differences in the strength of associations
between EI and emotion regulation may be the result of gender differences in the
development of emotional skills along with cultural changes in emotional education and
social norms.},
organization = {This work was supported by The Spanish
Ministry of Economy, Industry and
Competitiveness (PSI2017-84170-R to P.F-B.) and
by a postdoctoral fellowship from the University of
Málaga to A.M-R},
publisher = {PLOS},
title = {Emotionally intelligent people reappraise rather than suppress their emotions},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0220688},
author = {Megías Robles, Alberto and Gutiérrrez Cobo, María José and Gómez Leal, Raquel and Cabello González, Rosario and Gross, James J. and Fernández-Berrocal, Pablo},
}