Psychological Development and Education ›› 2016, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (5): 623-630.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2016.05.13

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A Comprehensive Meta-analysis of the Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Mental Health with Chinese Samples

LUO Zhen, JIN Cancan   

  1. Department of Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083
  • Online:2016-09-15 Published:2016-09-15

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Abstract: The aim of this meta-analysis is to evaluate the relationships between emotional intelligence and related variables of mental health (psychological symptoms, perceived stress, coping, social adaptation and subjective well-being). 104 qualified studies have been selected, including 151 independent samples and 75754 participants. The results showed individual emotional intelligence had a moderately positive relationship with subjective well-being (r=0.30), highly positive relationships with positive coping strategy (r=0.40) and social adaptation (r=0.42), and moderately negative relationships with psychological symptoms (r=-0.32), perceived stress (r=-0.29) and negative coping strategy (r=-0.13). Besides, the relationships between emotional intelligence and some variables of mental health were moderated by publication year, participants' age, the theoretical model, and measuring tools of emotional intelligence. The results suggested that the correlation between emotional intelligence and positive mental health was higher than the correlation between emotional intelligence and negative mental health, which were stable in a long period.

Key words: meta-analysis, emotional intelligence, mental health, main effect, moderating effect

CLC Number: 

  • B844

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