Emotional Intellegence and Decision Making Under Stress

Fallon, Corey K.; Matthews, Gerald; Panganiban, April Rose; Wohleber, Ryan W.; Roberts, Richard D.

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“…Webb et al ( 2014 ) also found a positive correlation between the IGT and MSCEIT total scores and the “facilitating” and “understanding” branches, although they found that EI did not significantly predict the variance of the decision-making task beyond the IQ (cognitive intelligence) scores. In two other studies (which used the simulated arctic rescue scenario and the SJT), Fallon et al ( 2013 , 2014 ) did not find any differences between high- and low-EI participants in their cognitive performance, although Fallon et al ( 2014 ) discovered a tendency for EI to correlate with accuracy. Alkozei et al ( 2015 ), using the airport decision-making task mentioned previously, found that higher EI (measured by the MSCEIT) achieved better performance than lower EI in the cognitive task, especially those with higher scores in the “understanding” and “facilitating” branches.…”

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The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Cool and Hot Cognitive Processes: A Systematic Review

Gutiérrez‐Cobo

Cabello

Fernández‐Berrocal

2016

Front. Behav. Neurosci.

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Although emotion and cognition were considered to be separate aspects of the psyche in the past, researchers today have demonstrated the existence of an interplay between the two processes. Emotional intelligence (EI), or the ability to perceive, use, understand, and regulate emotions, is a relatively young concept that attempts to connect both emotion and cognition. While EI has been demonstrated to be positively related to well-being, mental and physical health, and non-aggressive behaviors, little is known about its underlying cognitive processes. The aim of the present study was to systematically review available evidence about the relationship between EI and cognitive processes as measured through “cool” (i.e., not emotionally laden) and “hot” (i.e., emotionally laden) laboratory tasks. We searched Scopus and Medline to find relevant articles in Spanish and English, and divided the studies following two variables: cognitive processes (hot vs. cool) and EI instruments used (performance-based ability test, self-report ability test, and self-report mixed test). We identified 26 eligible studies. The results provide a fair amount of evidence that performance-based ability EI (but not self-report EI tests) is positively related with efficiency in hot cognitive tasks. EI, however, does not appear to be related with cool cognitive tasks: neither through self-reporting nor through performance-based ability instruments. These findings suggest that performance-based ability EI could improve individuals’ emotional information processing abilities.

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The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Cool and Hot Cognitive Processes: A Systematic Review

Gutiérrez‐Cobo

Cabello

Fernández‐Berrocal

2016

Front. Behav. Neurosci.

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“…In the face of the disruptions to supply chains and panic buying associated with the pandemic, the pre-pandemic condom accessibility issue may have become compounded, thereby increasing the likelihood of condomless sex during the pandemic and the risks of the spread of infections. Third, stressors [47], including COVID-19 pandemic-related stress [48], affect decision making, resulting in poor and impulsive decisions [49,50] that may impact condom use. Moreover, the possibility of mixing sex with alcohol while seeking relief from mental health distress, as indicated during the interviews, could also impair decisions to make safer sex-related choices as alcohol may impair the condom use decision [32].…”

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“Compared to COVID, HIV Is Nothing”: Exploring How Onshore East Asian and Sub-Saharan African International Students in Sydney Navigate COVID-19 versus BBVs/STIs Risk Spectrum

Okeke

2022

IJERPH

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Background: While a large body of evidence indicates changes in alcohol and other drug use among young people as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a lack of evidence around changes in sexual practices and how the pandemic may be impacting the potential spread of blood-borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections (BBVs/STIs). Most of what we know about sex during COVID-19 lockdowns is largely based on solitary sexual practices, which may not answer the critical question around how the pandemic may be shaping sexual practices among young people. Against this backdrop, this study explored how the COVID-19 pandemic may be shaping BBVs/STIs risk and protective practices among a sample of onshore African and Asian international students in Sydney, Australia. Methods: This phenomenological qualitative study involved semi-structured telephone and face-to-face interviews with 16 international university students in Sydney, between September 2020–March 2021. Generated data were coded using NVivo and analysis was guided by reflexive thematic analysis. Results: Participants reported elevated mental health distress because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some participants reported engaging in casual sexual hook-ups as a strategy to mitigate the mental health distress they were experiencing. Some of these sexual hook-ups were condomless partly because COVID-related disruptions impacted condom accessibility. Additionally, the preventive practices of some participants who were sexually active during the lockdowns were focused on preventing COVID-19, while the risk of BBVs/STIs were downplayed. Conclusions: This study indicates a need for a comprehensive public health response to the evolving and near-endemic COVID-19 situation. Such a comprehensive approach should focus on empowering young people to prevent both SARS-CoV-2 and BBVs/STIs.

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“…Furthermore, in line with this, Alkozei, Schwab, and Killgore (2016) have shown that individuals with higher levels of ability EI, but not trait EI, are more likely to utilize relevant facial features when presented with photographs during the performance of an emotional decision-making task. In addition, individuals with higher levels of ability EI also perform faster on social exchange problems (Reis et al, 2007), and were observed to display greater performance on a simulated arctic rescue scenario task that included high levels of stress (Fallon, Matthews, Panganiban, Wohleber, & Roberts, 2013;Fallon et al, 2014). While the majority of these studies suggest that ability EI is a better predictor of success on emotional decision-making tasks than trait EI, one study did show that higher levels of trait EI were positively associated with the ability to ignore irrelevant facial cues during a social gambling task (Telle, Senior, & Butler, 2011).…”

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Increases in Emotional Intelligence After an Online Training Program Are Associated With Better Decision-Making on the Iowa Gambling Task

Alkozei¹,

Smith

Demers

et al. 2018

Psychol Rep

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Higher levels of emotional intelligence have been associated with better inter and intrapersonal functioning. In the present study, 59 healthy men and women were randomized into either a three-week online training program targeted to improve emotional intelligence ( n = 29), or a placebo control training program targeted to improve awareness of nonemotional aspects of the environment ( n = 30). Compared to placebo, participants in the emotional intelligence training group showed increased performance on the total emotional intelligence score of the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test, a performance measure of emotional intelligence, as well as subscales of perceiving emotions and facilitating thought. Moreover, after emotional intelligence training, but not after placebo training, individuals displayed the ability to arrive at optimal performance faster (i.e., they showed a faster learning rate) during an emotion-guided decision-making task (i.e., the Iowa Gambling Task). More specifically, although both groups showed similar performance at the start of the Iowa Gambling Task from pre- to posttraining, the participants in the emotional intelligence training group learned to choose more advantageous than disadvantageous decks than those in the placebo training group by the time they reached the "hunch" period of the task (i.e., the point in the task when implicit task learning is thought to have occurred). Greater total improvements in performance on the Iowa Gambling Task from pre- to posttraining in the emotional intelligence training group were also positively correlated with pre- to posttraining changes in Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test scores, in particular with changes in the ability to perceive emotions. The present study provides preliminary evidence that emotional intelligence can be trained with the help of an online training program targeted at adults; it also suggests that changes in emotional intelligence, as a result of such a program, can lead to improved emotion-guided decision-making.

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Emotional Intellegence and Decision Making Under Stress

Cited by 6 publications

References 12 publications

The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Cool and Hot Cognitive Processes: A Systematic Review

The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Cool and Hot Cognitive Processes: A Systematic Review

“Compared to COVID, HIV Is Nothing”: Exploring How Onshore East Asian and Sub-Saharan African International Students in Sydney Navigate COVID-19 versus BBVs/STIs Risk Spectrum

Increases in Emotional Intelligence After an Online Training Program Are Associated With Better Decision-Making on the Iowa Gambling Task

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