Trait Emotional Intelligence and the Big Five: A study on Italian Children and Preadolescents
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Trait emotional intelligence (EI) is a constellation of emotion-related self-perceptions located at the lower levels of personality hierarchies. This article examines the validity of the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire–Child Form and investigates its relationships with Big Five factors and cognitive ability. A total of 690 children (317 Males; M Age = 10.25 years; SD = 1.58 years) completed the TEIQue-CF, the Raven Progressive, Matrices and the Big Five Questionnaire; in addition, a subsample of 136 participants answered to Depression and Anxiety scales. Results evidenced that TEIQue-CF is a reliable measure of Trait EI that is partially determined by all of the Big Five factors but independent of cognitive ability. Trait EI predicts depression and anxiety scores over and above the five higher order personality dimensions.
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The factor structure of trait EI in early childhood is unidimensional, with an eventual differentiation into two interrelated dimensions (Emotion control and Socioemotionality) as children move towards late childhood and preadolescence.
“Based on an Italian translation of this measure, Russo et al. (2012) reported that the factor structure of trait EI in early childhood is unidimensional, with an eventual differentiation into two interrelated dimensions (Emotion control and Socioemotionality) as children move towards late childhood and preadolescence.”
From Developments in Trait Emotional Intelligence Research (2016) · cites this paper as Russo et al. (2012)
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- Authors
- Russo, P. M., Mancini, G., Trombini, E., Baldaro, B., Mavroveli, S., & Petrides, K. V.
- Affiliations
- University of Bologna (IT)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2011-12-05
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 274-283
- ISSN
- 0734-2829 (ISSN-L)
- 1557-5144
- OpenAlex
- W2099037984
- Cited by
- 105
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 4.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment (publishedVersion)
- Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna) (submittedVersion)
- IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotional Intelligence and Performance
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Keywords
- trait emotional intelligence, Big Five personality traits, children, cognitive ability, depression, anxiety, personality assessment validity, Raven's Progressive Matrices
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