Emotional Intelligence, Social Coping, and Psychological Distress among Chinese Gifted Students in Hong Kong

Autor/in	Chan, David W.
Titel	Emotional Intelligence, Social Coping, and Psychological Distress among Chinese Gifted Students in Hong Kong
Quelle	In: High Ability Studies, 16 (2005) 2, S.163-178 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1359-8139
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Structural Equation Models; Emotional Intelligence; Academically Gifted; Coping; Depression (Psychology); Well Being; Psychological Patterns; Goodness of Fit; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Emotionale Intelligenz; Bewältigung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Hongkong
Abstract	The relationships among emotional intelligence, social coping, and psychological distress were investigated in a sample of 624 Chinese gifted students in Hong Kong. A mediation-effect model specifying that emotional intelligence had an effect on psychological distress mediated by social coping was hypothesized and tested using structural equation modeling procedures. For comparison, a direct-effect model and a direct-and-mediation-effect model were also fitted to the data. The results indicated that the mediation-effect model provided an adequate and good fit, suggesting that the effects of self-relevant and other-relevant emotional intelligence on psychological distress were mediated by avoidant coping and social-interaction coping, respectively. Implications of the findings for enhancing emotional intelligence of students and in promoting the use of adaptive social coping strategies for their psychological well-being are discussed. (Contains 6 tables and 1 figure.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10