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Learning Emotional Intelligence: An Exploratory Study in the Domain of Health
Author(s) -
PETER PAULA C.,
BRINBERG DAVID
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2012.00904.x
Subject(s) - psychology , emotional intelligence , intervention (counseling) , cognition , quality (philosophy) , exploratory research , social psychology , applied psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , philosophy , epistemology , sociology , anthropology
This research examines the role of emotional intelligence (EI) on the adoption and maintenance of a healthy weight. We implemented an intervention over a 6‐week period demonstrating that EI can be learned to promote the use of cognitive health knowledge in the adoption and maintenance of a healthy weight. Results suggest that improving EI reduces the negative impact of low EI on positive health outcomes, and promotes quality decision making related to health (i.e., reduced calorie intake).