TY - JOUR
T1 - Emotional intelligence dimensions in facets of aggressive behaviour among school adolescents
AU - Tsabedze, Wandile F.
AU - Lawal, Abiodun M.
AU - Maepa, Mokoena Patronella
AU - Pila-Nemutandani, Refilwe G.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by the North-West University (Mafikeng Campus), South Africa Grant. No potential or conflicting interests are declared.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 Africa Scholarship Development Enterprize.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/11/2
Y1 - 2019/11/2
N2 - © 2019, © 2019 Africa Scholarship Development Enterprize. This study investigated whether emotional intelligence (EI) dimensions influenced aggression self-perceptions in school adolescents. South African adolescents (N = 440; 49% males; mean age = 16.77 years, SD = 1.42 years) completed measures of EI (perception of emotion, managing own emotion, managing others’ emotions, and utilisation of emotion) and of aggression (verbal, physical, and emotional). We computed multivariate analysis of variance to predict aggression self-perceptions by EI dimensions. The results from multivariate analysis showed that adolescents with positive emotion self-perceptions reported lower levels of verbal, physical, and emotional aggression. Similarly, adolescents self-reporting to manage and utilise their own emotions well, were less likely to engage in verbal aggression. Our findings suggest that self-perceptions of emotion management capabilities could be helpful to counselling adolescents for risk of mood disorders.
AB - © 2019, © 2019 Africa Scholarship Development Enterprize. This study investigated whether emotional intelligence (EI) dimensions influenced aggression self-perceptions in school adolescents. South African adolescents (N = 440; 49% males; mean age = 16.77 years, SD = 1.42 years) completed measures of EI (perception of emotion, managing own emotion, managing others’ emotions, and utilisation of emotion) and of aggression (verbal, physical, and emotional). We computed multivariate analysis of variance to predict aggression self-perceptions by EI dimensions. The results from multivariate analysis showed that adolescents with positive emotion self-perceptions reported lower levels of verbal, physical, and emotional aggression. Similarly, adolescents self-reporting to manage and utilise their own emotions well, were less likely to engage in verbal aggression. Our findings suggest that self-perceptions of emotion management capabilities could be helpful to counselling adolescents for risk of mood disorders.
KW - adolescents
KW - aggressive behaviour
KW - emotional intelligence
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85076926006&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14330237.2019.1689464
DO - 10.1080/14330237.2019.1689464
M3 - Article
SN - 1433-0237
VL - 29
SP - 625
EP - 629
JO - Journal of Psychology in Africa
JF - Journal of Psychology in Africa
IS - 6
ER -