Emotional intelligence, cognitive ability and information search in tactical decision-making

    Authors

    C. K. Fallon; A. R. Panganiban; R. Wohleber; G. Matthews; A. M. Kustubayeva;R. Roberts

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Pers. Individ. Differ.

    Keywords

    Emotional intelligence; Decision-making; Stress; Situational judgment; test; Information search; Negative feedback; Mood; VALIDITY; STRESS; HEALTH; Psychology, Social

    Abstract

    Emotional intelligence (EI) may promote more effective decision-making under stress. In the present study, 167 participants completed a situation judgment test for EI, and performed a decision-making task based on an Antarctic rescue scenario. Participants were assigned to either a negative or neutral feedback group. Negative feedback significantly increased distress and impaired decision-making. EI failed to moderate the impacts of negative feedback, but higher EI was associated with greater information-search activity irrespective of feedback condition. It is concluded that ability EI may have a motivational component that may support more exhaustive analysis of both social and non-social stimuli. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Personality and Individual Differences

    Volume

    65

    Publication Date

    1-1-2014

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    24

    Last Page

    29

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000336193400006

    ISSN

    0191-8869

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