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Trait Emotional Intelligence, Self‐Reported Affect, and Salivary Alpha‐Amylase on Working Days and a Non‐Working Day

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: This study examined the relationship between trait emotional intelligence (EI) and variation in psychological (positive affect: PA, negative affect: NA) and psychophysiological (salivary alpha‐amylase: sAA) indicators among Japanese employees over 3 consecutive days (working day 1, non‐working day, working day 2). The analyses revealed that higher trait EI was associated across the days with higher PA, but not with NA. Moreover, diurnal sAA levels were lower in the high trait EI group than in the low trait EI group on the intervening non‐working day, and this difference between the EI groups continued to show a tendency to significance on working day 2. The results indicate that higher EI may be related to the preservation of higher levels of PA and lower levels of sympathetic activity in recovery in the naturalistic condition.

Source: Japanese Psychological Research

DOI: 10.1111/jpr.12163

Authors: Hiroyuki Toyama, Saija Mauno

Institution: University of Jyväskylä

Language: English

Topic: Emotional Intelligence and Performance

Subfield: Social Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Jyväskylän Yliopisto