RT Journal Article
T1 Trait emotional intelligence as a predictor of adaptive responses to positive and negative affect during adolescence
A1 Gómez Baya, Diego
A1 Mendoza Berjano, Ramón
AB Introduction and aim : The examination of trait emotional intelligence as an importantcomponent of adolescent psychological adjustment and coping has received a greatdeal of attention. Trait emotional intelligence is expected to reduce the vulnerability toemotional problems by reducing mood deterioration in adverse situations. Most researchto date has addressed the regulation of negative affective states, with less attentionpaid to the responses to positive affect. Thus, the aim of this research was to examinethe cross-sectional and prospective associations between trait emotional intelligencedimensions (i.e., trait emotional attention, trait emotional clarity, and trait emotionalrepair), response styles to negative affect (i.e., depressive rumination and distraction) andresponse to positive affect (i.e., emotion-focused and self-focused positive ruminationand dampening) in adolescence.Methods: A 1-year follow-up study was conducted with a sample of 880 adolescents(52.4% girls) aged 14–17 years old (M = 14.74, SD = 0.68) who were enrolled in 18high schools in Andalusia (Spain). Participants completed self-report measures of traitemotional intelligence, response to negative affect and response styles to positive affect.To analyse the data, hierarchical regression analyses and path analysis were performed.Results: Our results showed that high trait emotional attention was cross-sectionallyand longitudinally associated with more dampening of positive affect and moredepressive rumination. Furthermore, high trait emotional repair was cross-sectionallyand longitudinally related to more distraction to negative affect and more self-focusedpositive rumination. Some gender differences were also found; girls reported higher traitemotional attention, higher dampening, and higher depressive rumination. Furthermore,boys reported higher trait emotional repair, higher self-focused positive rumination andhigher distraction to negative affect.Conclusions and discussion: Our findings provide longitudinal evidence of therelationships between trait emotional intelligence and responses to both positive andnegative affect during adolescence. Consequently, interventions designed to promoteresilience during adolescence could target the development of more adaptive responsesto both negative and positive affect within the framework of school-based emotionaleducation programmes.
PB Frontiers Media
SN 1664-1078
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/15809
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/15809
LA eng
NO Gómez Baya, D., Mendoza Berjano, R.: "Trait emotional intelligence as a predictor of adaptive responses to positive and negative affect during adolescence". Frontiers in Psychology. Vol. 9, article 2525, (2018). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02525
NO This study was funded by a grant from the Spanish Ministry of Education's University Lecturer Training Program (AP2009-4621), awarded to DG-B.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 30 may 2026