Personal values, trait emotional intelligence, and mental health problems

Abstract

Personal values and personality traits are related yet distinguishable constructs linked to mental health. The present study extends the current literature on personal values and personality traits by investigating the associations between the higher‐order dimensions of personal values (i.e., general values factor, conservation, and self‐transcendence), trait emotional intelligence (TEI), and mental health problems (i.e., depressive, anxiety, and somatoform syndromes). The study draws on a cross‐sectional online sample of N = 618 young German adults. Global TEI and all four TEI factors (i.e., well‐being, sociability, emotionality, and self‐control) correlated positively with the g‐value factor but negatively with conservation. Emotionality was also positively related to self‐transcendence. Mental health problems correlated positively with conservation and negatively with the general values factor. When the effects of global TEI were accounted for, conservation but not the general values factor remained significantly related to mental health problems. Global TEI fully mediated the relationship between the g‐value factor and mental health problems and partially mediated the association between conservation and mental health problems. The implications of these results are discussed.

Revisión teórica acerca de las implicaciones de la Inteligencia Emocional en el contexto clínico, laboral y educativo

“…En cuanto a la personalidad, la IE se vincula a mayor responsabilidad y apertura a la experiencia, lo que se halla en consonancia con una menor interiorización de valores conservadores (Jacobs & Wollny, 2022;Maalouf et al, 2022). Estos factores de personalidad y de normas propias influyen en la relación entre IE y medidas de salud, como la calidad de vida o el bienestar.…”

The influence of openness to change on academics' research publication in public higher education institutions in Tanzania

“…This tool was used because it is not challenging and has been identified to be suitable for all people (Cieciuch & Davidov, 2012). The tool has also been used in previous studies to measure openness to change (Jacobs, 2022; Koscielniak & Bojanowska, 2019; Purc & Lagun, 2019). On the other hand, research publication output based on the total number of research articles authored by respondents and published in peer-reviewed journals.…”

“…This tool was used because it is not challenging and has been identified to be suitable for all people (Cieciuch & Davidov, 2012). The tool has also been used in previous studies to measure openness to change (Jacobs, 2022;Koscielniak & Bojanowska, 2019;Purc & Lagun, 2019).…”

Trait emotional intelligence and flourishing: The mediating role of positive coping behaviour

“…For example, literature suggests that emotionally intelligent people report better psychological adjustment (Augusto-Landa et al, 2011;Sarrionandia et al, 2018), prosocial behaviour (Wang et al, 2021), life satisfaction (Kong et al, 2019;Ruvalcaba-Romero et al, 2017), and hedonic and eudaemonic well-being (Di Fabio & Kenny, 2016). In addition, systematic reviews and meta-analyses show that trait emotional intelligence is associated with good health, including lower levels of depression, anxiety (Gómez-Baya & Mendoza, 2018), perceived stress (Newton et al, 2016), andburnout (Fiorilli et al, 2019;Jacobs & Wollny, 2022;Martínez-Monteagudo et al, 2019;Newton et al, 2016). Emotionally intelligent people also possess the social skills needed for establishing healthier and more successful interpersonal relationships with others, which is a prerequisite for wellbeing (Malinauskas & Malinauskiene, 2020).…”