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Emotional intelligence and mental disorder
Author(s) -
Hertel Janine,
Schütz Astrid,
Lammers ClaasHinrich
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.20597
Subject(s) - emotional intelligence , psychology , borderline personality disorder , substance abuse , clinical psychology , personality , test (biology) , psychiatry , developmental psychology , social psychology , paleontology , biology
Emotional abilities were measured with a performance test of emotional intelligence (The Mayer‐Salovey‐Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test; Mayer, Salovey, & Caruso, 2002) in patients diagnosed with major depressive disorder, substance abuse disorder, or borderline personality disorder (BPD), and a nonclinical control group. Findings showed that all clinical groups differed from controls with respect to their overall emotional intelligence score, which dovetails with previous findings from self‐report measures. Specifically, we found that the ability to understand emotional information and the ability to regulate emotions best distinguished the groups. Findings showed that patients with substance abuse disorder and BPD patients were most impaired. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 65: 1–13, 2009.