Intelligence and Sensory Sensitivity as Predictors of Emotion Recognition Ability

Autor: Katja Schlegel, Joëlle S. Witmer, Thomas H. Rammsayer
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Journal of Intelligence, Vol 5, Iss 4, p 35 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2079-3200
DOI: 10.3390/jintelligence5040035
Popis: The ability to recognize emotions from nonverbal cues (emotion recognition ability, ERA) is a core component of emotional intelligence, which has recently been conceptualized as a second-stratum factor of intelligence (MacCann et al., 2014). However, only few studies have empirically investigated the link between ERA, intelligence, and other mental abilities. The present study examined the associations between ERA, fluid intelligence, and sensory sensitivity in a sample of 214 participants. Results showed that both fluid intelligence and sensory sensitivity explained unique portions of variance in ERA. These findings suggest that future studies on ERA should include intelligence measures to assess the incremental validity of ERA above and beyond intelligence.
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