Title
Individual Differences in Facial Emotion Processing: Trait Emotional Intelligence, Cognitive Ability, or Transient Stress?
Abbreviated Journal Title
J. Psychoeduc. Assess.
Keywords
trait emotional intelligence; emotion perception; facial emotion; microexpressions; attention; task engagement; stress; META-MOOD; TASK ENGAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE; STATE; ASSOCIATIONS; RECOGNITION; ALEXITHYMIA; EXPRESSIONS; PERSONALITY; DIMENSIONS; Psychology, Educational
Abstract
This study tested whether trait emotional intelligence (TEI) measures of narrow bandwidth predict perception of facial emotion, using two tasks: identification of microexpressions of emotion and controlled visual search for target emotions. A total of 129 undergraduates completed multiple scales for TEI, as well as cognitive ability, personality, and stress measures. TEI was associated with a reduced stress response, but failed to predict performance on either task, contrary to the initial hypothesis. However, performance related significantly to higher cognitive intelligence, subjective task engagement, and use of task-focused coping. Individual differences in attentional resources may support processing of both emotive and non-emotive stimuli.
Journal Title
Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
Volume
33
Issue/Number
1
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
68
Last Page
82
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0734-2829
Recommended Citation
"Individual Differences in Facial Emotion Processing: Trait Emotional Intelligence, Cognitive Ability, or Transient Stress?" (2015). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 6695.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/6695
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