Van der Linden, D;
Pekaar, KA;
Bakker, AB;
Schermer, JA;
Vernon, PA;
Dunkel, CS;
Petrides, KV;
(2016)
Overlap Between the General Factor of Personality and Emotional Intelligence: A Meta-Analysis.
Psychological Bulletin
10.1037/bul0000078.
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Abstract
We examine the relationship between the general factor of personality (GFP) and emotional intelligence (EI) and specifically test the hypothesis that the GFP is a social effectiveness factor overlapping conceptually with EI. Presented is an extensive meta-analysis in which the associations between the GFP, extracted from the Big Five dimensions, with various EI measures is examined. Based on a total sample of k = 142 data sources (N = 36,268) the 2 major findings from the meta-analysis were (a) a large overlap between the GFP and trait EI (r ≈ .85); and (b) a positive, but more moderate, correlation with ability EI (r ≈ .28). These findings show that high-GFP individuals score higher on trait and ability EI, supporting the notion that the GFP is a social effectiveness factor. The findings also suggest that the GFP is very similar, perhaps even synonymous, to trait EI.
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