Increasing emotional competence improves psychological and physical well-being, social relationships, and employability

Delphine Nelis*, Ilios Kotsou, J. Quoidbach, Michel Hansenne, Fanny Weytens, Pauline Dupuis, Moïra Mikolajczak

*Autor correspondiente de este trabajo

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This study builds on earlier work showing that adult emotional competencies (EC) could be improved through a relatively brief training. In a set of 2 controlled experimental studies, the authors investigated whether developing EC could lead to improved emotional functioning; long-term personality changes; and important positive implications for physical, psychological, social, and work adjustment. Results of Study 1 showed that 18 hr of training with e-mail follow-up was sufficient to significantly improve emotion regulation, emotion understanding, and overall EC. These changes led in turn to long-term significant increases in extraversion and agreeableness as well as a decrease in neuroticism. Results of Study 2 showed that the development of EC brought about positive changes in psychological well-being, subjective health, quality of social relationships, and employability. The effect sizes were sufficiently large for the changes to be considered as meaningful in people's lives.

Idioma originalInglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)354-366
Número de páginas13
PublicaciónEmotion
Volumen11
N.º2
DOI
EstadoPublicada - abr 2011
Publicado de forma externa

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