Emotional intelligence, personality, and gender as factors in disordered eating patterns

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ID4978419
AutoresLeehu Zysberg (0000-0003-1700-2857, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, University of California, Davis, CA, USA; Department of Psychology Tel Hai College, Tel Hai, Israel)
Año2014
Volumen19
Número8
Páginas1035-1042
Fecha de publicación2014-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359105313483157
PMID23682062
OpenAlexW2164690327
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas32

We examined the hypotheses that proposing higher levels of emotional intelligence (ability test and self-report) and lower neuroticism, extraversion, and agreeableness associate with lower levels of disordered eating. In a correlational study, 126 Israeli college students completed two measures of emotional intelligence, a brief five-factor personality test, demographic data questionnaires, and questionnaires assessing food preoccupation, namely, the Body Weight, Image and Self-Esteem Scale and the Appearance Schema Inventory. Results suggested that ability emotional intelligence is associated with disordered eating beyond gender and personality. Self-reported emotional intelligence did not associate with any of the outcomes after controlling for personality. Implications and applications are briefly discussed

Agreeableness · Big Five personality traits · Bulimia nervosa · Conscientiousness · Developmental psychology · Disordered eating · Eating Disorder Inventory · Eating disorders · Emotional intelligence · Extraversion and introversion · Neuroticism · Personality · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Emotional Intelligence and Performance · Psychology · Workaholism, burnout, and well-being · Clinical Psychology · Social Psychology