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Trait Emotional Intelligence Profiles of Parents With Drug Addiction and of Their Offspring

Aslanidou, GS; Petrides, KV; Stogiannidou, A; (2018) Trait Emotional Intelligence Profiles of Parents With Drug Addiction and of Their Offspring. Frontiers in Psychology , 9 , Article 1633. 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01633. Green open access

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Abstract

This study examines the relationship between trait emotional intelligence (trait EI) and general health (General Health; GHQ-28) in two samples of Greek parents with (n = 52; Mage = 39.78; SDage = 6.68; 41 men and 11 women) and without (n = 51; Mage = 43.53; SDage = 4.61; 40 men and 11 women) addiction problems. In addition, it compares the trait EI scores of their offspring (N = 81; Mage = 11.71; SDage = 2.15; 51 boys and 30 girls). Results showed that parents with drug addiction exhibited lower levels of trait EI and poorer general health than peers. In addition, global trait EI and two of its subscales, Well-being and Emotionality, had stronger correlations with depression in the addiction than in the comparison group. Well-being was a significant predictor of general health and its subscales (Somatic symptoms, Anxiety/insomnia, Social dysfunction, and severe depression) in both groups. No differences were found between the offspring of the two groups.

Type: Article
Title: Trait Emotional Intelligence Profiles of Parents With Drug Addiction and of Their Offspring
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01633
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01633
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2018 Aslanidou, Petrides and Stogiannidou. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
Keywords: addiction, substance abuse, mental health, TEIQue, children of parents with drug addiction
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10066352
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