A comprehensive meta-analysis of the relationship between Emotional Intelligence and health

By Alexandra Martins, N. Ramalho, Estelle M. Morin. 2010

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

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The Role of Emotional Intelligence in the Impact of Mindfulness on Life Satisfaction and Mental Distress (2013, background): “Moreover, people with high emotional intelligence report less mental distress and higher life satisfaction (e.g., Armstrong et al. 2011; Davis and Humphrey 2012; Extremera and Fernández-Berrocal 2005; Gallagher and Vella-Brodrick 2008; Greven et al. 2008; Kong et al. 2012a, b; Martins et al. 2010; P”
The relationship between emotional intelligence and the dark triad personality traits: A meta-analytic review (2019, background): “People high on EI have better mental health (Martins et al., 2010), so it is not surprising that people high on EI are less likely to suffer from traits such as psychopathy associated with poor mental health.”
Self- and other-focused emotional intelligence: Development and validation of the Rotterdam Emotional Intelligence Scale (REIS) (2018, background): “Specifically, EI was positively associated with mental and physical health, work performance, and the quality of social interactions (Joseph &Newman, 2010; Lopes et al., 2004; Martins et al., 2010).”
Social support mediates the impact of emotional intelligence on mental distress and life satisfaction in Chinese young adults (2012, background): “For instance, Martins et al. (2010) found that mental distress had a stronger association with EI ( .”
The relation between emotional intelligence and subjective well-being: A meta-analytic investigation (2016, methodology): “results were found regarding the importance of EI selfreport instruments (both self-report ability EI and self-report mixed EI models instruments) versus performance-based ability EI measures in prior meta-analyses using different health outcomes (Martins et al., 2010).”
Improving Emotional Intelligence: A Systematic Review of Existing Work and Future Challenges (2018, background): “Clinical applications Previous correlational studies have shown an important relationship between EI and both psychological and physical health (Martins et al., 2010).”
Increasing Emotional Intelligence through Training: Current Status and Future Directions (2013, background): “For example, meta-analyses (Martins et al., 2010; Schutte et al., 2007) have summarized th relationship between higher emotional intelligence and better mental and physical health across numerous studies.”
Emotional Intelligence as Personality: Measurement and Role of Trait Emotional Intelligence in Educational Contexts (2018, background): “Trait EI is linked to a wide range of mental and physical health variables in adults, like anxiety, depression, hospitalization rates, and legal drug use (Martins et al., 2010; Mikolajczak, Avalosse, et al., 2015).”