Emotional Intelligence and Risk Behaviour: A Risk Domain-Dependent Relationship.

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Psicothema Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI:10.7334/psicothema2021.527

María T Sánchez-López, Pablo Fernández-Berrocal, Raquel Gómez-Leal, Alberto Megías-Robles

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Abstract

Background: It is widely accepted that emotions exert a strong influence on risk decision-making. Despite this, the literature studying the role of emotional intelligence (EI) on the tendency to engage in risky behaviour is scarce, and the results appear to be inconclusive. The present study delves into the relationship between EI and risk behaviour through various risk contexts (Ethical, Health, Financial, Social, and Recreational domains). We also examined whether this relationship is age and gender-dependent.

Method: A Spanish sample of 1435 participants (Mage = 29.84, from 18 to 70; 61.9% women) was assessed for levels of EI and risk-taking by the TMMS and DOSPERT scales.

Results: The results revealed that EI was negatively related to risk behaviour in the Ethical and Health domains and positively related to the Social and Recreational domains. Moreover, we confirmed the influence of gender and age on both EI and risk behaviour.

Conclusions: EI is differentially related to risk behaviour depending on the risk domain studied, supporting the idea that risk is a domain-specific construct. We suggest that higher levels of EI could be adaptive for risk behaviour regardless of the direction of the relationship. Practical implications and future lines of research are discussed.

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情绪智力和风险行为:风险域依赖关系。

背景:人们普遍认为情绪对风险决策有很强的影响。尽管如此，研究情绪智力(EI)在从事冒险行为倾向中的作用的文献很少，结果似乎也不确定。本研究通过不同的风险背景(伦理、健康、金融、社会和娱乐领域)深入探讨了情商与风险行为之间的关系。我们还研究了这种关系是否与年龄和性别有关。方法:西班牙1435名参与者(年龄从18岁到70岁，年龄= 29.84);61.9%的女性)通过TMMS和DOSPERT量表评估EI和风险水平。结果:情商与道德和健康领域的风险行为呈负相关，与社会和娱乐领域的风险行为呈正相关。此外，我们证实了性别和年龄对EI和风险行为的影响。结论:根据所研究的风险领域的不同，EI与风险行为的关系是不同的，这支持了风险是特定领域结构的观点。我们认为，无论关系的方向如何，较高的EI水平都可以适应风险行为。讨论了实际意义和未来的研究方向。

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Psicothema PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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6.50

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16.70%

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24 weeks

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