Warning: imagejpeg(C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\phplern\26052309
.jpg): Failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 117 Front+Psychol
2015 ; 6
(ä): 700
Nephropedia Template TP
gab.com Text
Twit Text FOAVip
Twit Text #
English Wikipedia
Implicit theories and ability emotional intelligence
#MMPMID26052309
Cabello R
; Fernández-Berrocal P
Front Psychol
2015[]; 6
(ä): 700
PMID26052309
show ga
Previous research has shown that people differ in their implicit theories about
the essential characteristics of intelligence and emotions. Some people believe
these characteristics to be predetermined and immutable (entity theorists),
whereas others believe that these characteristics can be changed through learning
and behavior training (incremental theorists). The present study provides
evidence that in healthy adults (N = 688), implicit beliefs about emotions and
emotional intelligence (EI) may influence performance on the ability-based
Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT). Adults in our sample
with incremental theories about emotions and EI scored higher on the MSCEIT than
entity theorists, with implicit theories about EI showing a stronger relationship
to scores than theories about emotions. Although our participants perceived both
emotion and EI as malleable, they viewed emotions as more malleable than EI.
Women and young adults in general were more likely to be incremental theorists
than men and older adults. Furthermore, we found that emotion and EI theories
mediated the relationship of gender and age with ability EI. Our findings suggest
that people's implicit theories about EI may influence their emotional abilities,
which may have important consequences for personal and professional EI training.
free
free
free
