Perceived Emotional Intelligence,Stress Reactivity,and Symptom Reports: Further Explorations Using the Trait Meta-Mood Scale |
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| Authors: | Peter Salovey Laura R. Stroud Alison Woolery Elissa S. Epel |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology , Yale University , P.O. Box 208205, New Haven, CT, 06520-8205, USA;2. Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior , Brown University , 164 Summit Avenue Providence, RI, 02906, USA;3. Department of Psychology , University of California , P.O. Box 951563, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA;4. Department of Health Psychology , University of California , 3333 California Street, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA |
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| Abstract: | We examined the relationship between perceived emotional intelligence (PEI), measured by the Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS), and psychophysiological measures of adaptive coping. The TMMS assesses perceived ability to (a) attend to moods (Attention), (b) discriminate clearly among moods (Clarity), and (c) regulate moods (Repair). Study 1 showed significant positive associations between PEI and psychological and interpersonal functioning. In Study 2, skill at mood Repair was associated with less passive coping and perceptions of repeated laboratory stressors as less threatening; Clarity was related to greater increases in negative mood, but lower cortisol release during repeated stress. In Study 3, Repair was associated with active coping and lower levels of rumination; Attention was associated with lowered cortisol and blood pressure responses to acute laboratory challenges. These findings suggest that psychophysiological responses to stress may be one potential mechanism underlying the relationship between emotional functioning and health. |
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| Keywords: | Emotional Intelligence Health Stress Reactivity Coping |
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