Perceived emotional intelligence facilitates cognitive-emotional processes of adaptation to an acute stressor

Math anxiety and its relationship to inhibitory abilities and perceived emotional intelligence

“…In a failed attempt to increase their sense of control, these students end up implementing ineffective strategies or coping styles such as worry (Mennin, Heimberg, Turk, & Fresco, 2002), selfblame and self-focused rumination coping styles (Piemontesi, Heredia, Furlan, Sánchez-Rosas, & Martínez, 2012). This interpretation is also consistent with the observation obtained in this study that students who reported a higher difficult to repair their negative emotional states indicate a greater number of intrusive thoughts (see also, Ramos et al, 2007, for a similar result).…”

“…However, how the different facets of emotional intelligence relate to intrusions remains unclear. Some studies focused on other forms of anxiety have reported a relationship between emotional clarity and a lower number of intrusive thoughts following an experimentally induced stressful situation (Salovey et al, 1995), while others have found that emotional regulation is associated with fewer intrusions (Ramos, Fernández-Berrocal, & Extremera, 2007). Finally, a high level of attention to one's own emotions has been identified as an antecedent of rumination (Fernández-Berrocal & Extremera, 2008;Hervás & Vázquez, 2006;Thayer, Rossy, Ruiz-Padial, & Johnsen, 2003).…”

Emotional Intelligence and Physical Health

“…Although some studies did find high-EI individuals to experience less immediate mood deterioration in response to the upsetting stimuli Ramos et al, 2007;Salovey et al, 1995;Schutte et al, 2002, study 3), others recorded no effects of EI on lab-induced mood changes (Ciarrochi et al, 2000, while others reported higher EI to be associated with amplified subjective distress Petrides & Furnham, 2003, study 2). It should be noted that the studies that reported findings of null or heightened reactivity had partialled out the effects of dispositional negative affectivity (e.g., trait anxiety, neuroticism) prior to the main analyses, whereas reports of attenuated negative emotional impact were confounded by this variable.…”

“…Of the specific components of EI, ability to regulate one's emotions (both objective and perceived) emerged as a definitive moderator in these processes. For example, in a sample of female university students who had been previously shown a distressing video depicting sexual assault, only those who scored higher on the emotional Repair dimension of the TMMS exhibited greater attenuation in the feelings of anger and depression when they saw the same video again two days later (Ramos et al, 2007). In a study by , three groups of adolescents watched either an amusing, neutral, or upsetting film, and then were asked to compose a short story relating to an ambiguous projective-type picture.…”

“…The question of whether individuals high in EI are better at recovering from acute stress has been addressed quite extensively in a line of mood induction experiments (Ciarrochi, Chan, & Bajgar, 2001;Ciarrochi, Chan, & Caputi, 2000;Gohm, 2003;Matthews et al, 2006;Petrides & Furnham, 2003, study 2;Ramos, Ferna´ndez-Berrocal, & Extremera, 2007;Salovey et al, 1995;Schutte, Malouff, Simunek, McKenley, & Hollander, 2002, study 3). In these studies, participants were exposed to one or more affect-laden procedures (e.g., viewing short video clips, reading passages or statements, writing stories, or doing other tasks) designed to elicit strong positive or negative emotions.…”