THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND PERSONALITY DISORDER SYMPTOMATOLOGY

TitleTHE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND PERSONALITY DISORDER SYMPTOMATOLOGY
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2014
AuthorsMartskvishvili, K, Mestvirishvili, M
JournalProblems of Psychology in the 21st Century
Volume8
Issue2
Start Page143-151
PaginationContinuous
Date PublishedDecember/2014
Type of ArticleOriginal article
ISSN2029-8587
Other NumbersICID: 1135339
Keywordsemotional intelligence, emotional personality dispositions, quantitative study
Abstract

Disturbances in emotion are associated with the most of the diagnostic criteria of the personality disorders, though the role of emotional intelligence in the diagnosis of personality disorders has been the subject of limited research. The present study was designed to investigate the relationships between trait emotional intelligence (trait EI) and personality disorder symptomatology in an undergraduate student sample. One hundred and twenty university students (28.3% male and 71.7 % female; M of age = 19.23, SD=2.45) were administered with (1) Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (TEIQue) (Petrides, 2009), along with (2) The Personality Disorder Questionnaire-4 (PDQ-4) (Hyler E. Steven, 1994). A multivariate analysis of variance revealed a significant main effect for group with individuals without any personality disorder symptomatology scoring significantly higher than individuals with some personality accentuations on most TEIQue facets. The results suggest that different components of emotional intelligence contribute to the development of different personality disorder symptomatology, but more research is required to replicate the results with the clinical population.

URLhttp://oaji.net/articles/2014/444-1420789926.pdf
DOI10.33225/ppc/14.08.143
Refereed DesignationRefereed
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