The relationship of internalizing problems with emotional intelligence and social skills in secondary education students: gender differences
Psicol. reflex. crit
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32: 4, 2019. tab, graf
Article
in English
| LILACS, INDEXPSI
| ID: biblio-984848
ABSTRACT
Internalizing problems (depression, anxiety, social anxiety, somatic complaints, post-traumatic symptoms, and obsession-compulsion) are very important in adolescents' development. These problems can be related with people who lack social skills and poorly handle their emotions. This study assessed 1358 secondary education students (12-17 years) to analyze the relationship linking internalizing problems, emotional intelligence, and social skills. The results showed not only how these constructs were related, but how students' internalizing problems varied according to their emotional intelligence and social skills. They also indicated that two in every three males, and just over one in every two females, obtained high scores for internalizing problems. The model showed a good fit: χ2(85) = 201.161 p <0.001; X2/g/ = 2.367; CFI = 0.919; NFI = 0.869; TLI = 0.900; RMSEA = 0.075, IC 95% (0.062-0.089). Finally, gender influenced the way that internalizing problems, emotional intelligence, and social skills were related, and an inverse relation appeared to link internalizing problems, emotional intelligence (r = - .77), and social skills (r = - .52) for females, while this relationship was poorer for males. By way of conclusion, we state that internalizing problems are related with emotional intelligence and social skills in secondary education students, but this relationship differs according to gender.(AU)
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Main subject:
Adolescent Behavior
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Emotional Intelligence
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Social Skills
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Gender Identity
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Mental Disorders
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Psicol. reflex. crit
Journal subject:
Psychology
Year:
2019
Type:
Article
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Project document
Affiliation country:
Spain
Institution/Affiliation country:
University of Zaragoza/ES
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