Individual Differences in Facial Emotion Processing: Trait Emotional Intelligence, Cognitive Ability, or Transient Stress?

    Authors

    G. Matthews; J. C. Perez-Gonzalez; A. N. Fellner; G. J. Funke; A. K. Emo; M. Zeidner;R. D. Roberts

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    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

    WOS:000347952900006

    ISSN

    0734-2829

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