Predicting resistance to stress: Icremental validity of trait emotional intelligence over alexithymia and optimism

• Autores: Moïra Mikolajczak, Olivier Luminet, Clémentine Menil
• Localización: Psicothema, ISSN-e 1886-144X, ISSN 0214-9915, Vol. 18, Nº. Extra 1, 2006 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Emotional intelligence), págs. 79-88
• Idioma: inglés
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Predecir la resistencia al estrés: validez incremental de la inteligencia emocional rasgo sobre la alexitimia y el optimismo
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    La Inteligencia Emocional Rasgo (IER) parece facilitar la adaptación, el estudio 1 (N= 80) investigó si la IER estaría asociada a resultados adaptativos como un incremento autoinformado de la salud mental y física. Ya que los resultados apoyaron esta premisa, el estudio 2 (N= 75) analizó la hipótesis de un efecto moderador de la IER en la relación entre el estrés y la salud psicológica y somática. Se examinó también la validez incremental de la IER sobre la alexitimia y el optimismo. Como estresor escogimos los exámenes académicos y realizamos las medidas al comienzo del curso académico y durante el período de exámenes. Los análisis de regresión predijeron cambios en la salud mental y somática entre la línea base y el seguimiento, revelando que la IER moderó significativamente la relación entre el estrés de los exámenes y la salud mental autoinformada. El hecho de que las personas con alta inteligencia emocional valorasen la situación del examen como menos amenazante explicó parcialmente este efecto. Más aún, la IER predijo los síntomas mentales y somáticos ante el estrés por encima de la alexitimia y el optimismo.

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    As trait emotional intelligence [TEI] is claimed to facilitate adaptation, study 1 (N= 80) investigated whether TEI would be associated with adaptative outcomes such as enhanced self-reported mental and physical health. As these assumptions were supported, study 2 (N= 75) tested the hypothesis of a moderating effect of TEI on the relationship between stress and psychological and somatic health. Incremental validity of TEI over alexithymia and optimism was also examined. We chose academic exams as the stressor and took measures at the beginning of the year and during the examination period. Regression analyses predicting changes in mental/somatic health from baseline to follow-up revealed that TEI significantly moderated the relationship between examination stress and self-reported health. The fact that high EI people appraised the examination situation as less threatening partly explained this effect. Moreover, TEI predicted both mental and somatic symptoms amid stress over and above alexithymia and optimism.

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