Emotional intelligence and self-perception in adolescents

CALERO, ALEJANDRA DANIELA; BARREYRO, JUAN PABLO; INJOQUE-RICLE, IRENE

Europe's Journal of Psychology

PsychOpen

Lugar: Trier; Año: 2018 vol. 14 p. 632 - 643

Emotional intelligence includes self-perception regarding attention to feelings, clarity of feelings and mood repair. The aim of this work is to study the relationship between emotional intelligence, self-concept, and self-esteem. The sample included 137 adolescents from Buenos Aires City, that attended middle school, with a mean age of 13.12 years old (SD = 1.79). Correlation analysis and linear regression analysis were performed. Results showed significant positive correlations between self-esteem and clarity of feelings on the complete sample and the female subsample, and between mood repair and self-esteem on the male subsample. The linear regression analyses showed results on the same line. It´s concluded that positive self-evaluation regarding emotions, emotion comprehension and recovery can minimize the effect of negative experiences.*Revista Indexada en: Scopus, PubMed, PubMed Central, Europe PMC, DOAJ, PubPsych, EBSCO, ProQuest, ESCI, ScienceOpen, GoOA and CNKI Scholar. EJOP is also member of the Free Journal Network (FJN).