Gender-linked personality and mental health: The role of trait emotional intelligence |
| |
Authors: | Ashley K Vesely Alexander B Siegling Donald H Saklofske |
| |
Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, Canada;2. Research Department of Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology, University College London, UK |
| |
Abstract: | The present study examined the role of the emotion-related personality dimension, or trait emotional intelligence (EI), in the relationship between gender-linked personality (GLP) traits and internalizing mental health difficulties (IMHDs). GLP traits were measured as Agency and Communion, due to conceptual advantages over other semantic representations (e.g., masculinity, femininity) in the literature. IMHDs as the outcome variable were conceptualized as a latent composite of anxiety, stress, and emotion-oriented coping. A moderate relationship between Agency and IMHDs was fully mediated by trait EI. Trait EI also divided an overall non-significant effect of Communion on IMHDs into an indirect, protective effect via trait EI and a direct, adverse effect. The results suggest that Agency and Communion subsume different sets of trait EI facets, which may account for much of the differential protective effects of these GLP traits on IMHDs. Discussion focuses on implications of the results for sex differences in mental health. |
| |
Keywords: | Emotional intelligence Gender-linked personality Agency Communion Internalizing difficulties Mental health |
本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录! |
|