文档介绍：Personality and Individual Differences 39 (2005) 1135–1145
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Emotional intelligence predicts life skills, but not as well
as personality and cognitive abilities
a A. Bastian *, Nicholas R. Burns, telbeck
University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
Received 15 May 2004; accepted 12 April 2005
Available online 5 July 2005
Abstract
Emotional Intelligence (EI) is held to explain how emotions advance life goals. While different theories of
EI have been proposed there is still controversy about how EI should be conceptualised and measured. It is
agreed, however, that EIÕs relevance depends on it being able to predict significant life es. A study of
246 predominantly first-year tertiary students investigated relationships between EI and a number of Ôlife
skillsÕ (academic achievement, life satisfaction, anxiety, problem-solving and coping). Correlations between
EI and academic achievement were small and not statistically significant, although higher EI was correlated
with higher life satisfaction, better perceived problem-solving and coping ability and lower anxiety. How-
ever, after controlling for the influence of personality and cognitive abilities, shared variance between EI
and life skills was 6% or less.
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Keywords: Emotional intelligence; Cognitive abilities; Anxiety; Coping; Life satisfaction
1. Introduction
The past 15 years has seen increasing interest in the possibility that emotions may moderate
intelligent behaviour by influencing an individualÕs reaction to and interpretation of information
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(Salovey & Mayer, 1994). Although precursors to EI formed part of earlier theories of social and
personal