Coping mediates the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and academic achievement
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Article Title | Coping mediates the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and academic achievement |
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ERA Journal ID | 6200 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | MacCann, Carolyn (Author), Fogarty, Gerard J. (Author), Zeidner, Moshe (Author) and Roberts, Richard D. (Author) |
Journal Title | Contemporary Educational Psychology |
Journal Citation | 36 (1), pp. 60-70 |
Number of Pages | 11 |
Year | 2011 |
Place of Publication | Maryland Heights, MO. United States |
ISSN | 0361-476X |
1090-2384 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2010.11.002 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.elsevier.com/locate/cedpsych |
Abstract | Research examining the relationships between performance measures of emotional intelligence (EI), coping styles, and academic achievement is sparse. Two studies were designed to redress this imbalance. In each of these studies, both EI and coping styles were significantly related to academic achievement. In Study 1, 159 community college students completed the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) and problem-focused, emotion-focused, and avoidant coping scales. Collectively, the coping variables significantly mediated the relationship between EI and grade-point-average (GPA) for Emotion Perception, Emotion Facilitation of Thought and Emotion Management (but not for Emotional Understanding). Problem-focused coping was the only single significant mediator, mediating the relationship between emotion management and GPA (but not other branches and GPA). In Study 2, 293 middle-school students completed the Situational Test of Emotion Management for Youths (STEM-Y) and scales measuring the same three coping strategies. In this study, the coping variables again significantly mediated the relationship between emotion management and GPA. Once again, problem-focused coping was a significant mediator. Collectively, these results suggest that better educational outcomes might be achieved by targeting skills relating to emotion management and problem-focused coping. |
Keywords | emotional intelligence; academic achievement; coping; Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test; situational test of emotional management |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 520102. Educational psychology |
529999. Other psychology not elsewhere classified | |
520105. Psychological methodology, design and analysis | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | University of Sydney |
Department of Psychology | |
University of Haifa, Israel | |
Educational Testing Service, United States |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q03v5/coping-mediates-the-relationship-between-emotional-intelligence-ei-and-academic-achievement
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