A Theoretical Formation of Emotional Intelligence and Childhood Trauma among Adolescents

The association between childhood trauma and adolescent cyberbullying: chain mediating roles of emotional intelligence and online social anxiety

“…The present study showed that childhood trauma was negatively associated with emotional intelligence. This is consistent with previous findings that adolescents with higher levels of childhood trauma have lower emotional intelligence (39,40). Adolescents who have experienced abuse or trauma are emotionally controlled by others, and they tend to express their emotions passively and negatively, communicate poorly, and easily interpret the emotions of others as potential danger signals and become hostile to others (87), Traumatic childhood experiences can inhibit individuals from learning how to properly use and understand emotional information from life events, while these negative life events can lead to a reduction in the volume of the corpus callosum in the brain dedicated to a range of higher cognitive, emotional, and other information transfer functions, further impairing the development of emotional competence (88).…”

“…Emotional intelligence, as the ability to control one's own emotions and recognize the emotions of others, plays a significant role in adolescents' development (38). However, empirical research has demonstrated that childhood trauma can negatively impact an individual's emotional intelligence (39)(40)(41). For example, Jehan found that childhood abuse reduced the ability to use one's own emotions and recognize the emotions of others (42), and thus led to mood disorders (43).…”

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Ukrainian College Students: Mediating Role of Intimate Partner Violence and Lifetime Trauma Experience

“…Diminished selfcapacities may contribute to an increased susceptibility to repeated victimization due to such factors such as low self-esteem, impaired self-e cacy, limited assertiveness skills, or di culties in recognizing and setting boundaries, which may render individuals more vulnerable to experiencing further instances of victimization. Additionally, ACEs can signi cantly impact the development of emotional intelligence [32], leading to di culties in recognizing and understanding one's own emotions and the emotions of others, regulating emotions effectively, and forming healthy interpersonal relationships. Early adverse experienced were found to alter brain development of children leading to an increased risk for psychopathology and later-life adversity [33,34].…”