@article{ref1,
title="Age and gender differences in ability emotional intelligence in adults: a cross-sectional study",
journal="Developmental psychology",
year="2016",
author="Cabello, Rosario and Sorrel, Miguel A. and Fernández-Pinto, Irene and Extremera, Natalio and Fernandez-Berrocal, Pablo",
volume="52",
number="9",
pages="1486-1492",
abstract="The goal of the current investigation was to analyze ability emotional intelligence (EI) in a large cross-sectional sample of Spanish adults (N = 12,198; males, 56.56%) aged from 17 to 76 years (M = 37.71, SD = 12.66). Using the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT), which measures ability EI according to the 4 branches of the Mayer and Salovey EI model. The authors examined effects of gender on ability EI, as well as the linear and quadratic effects of age. <br><br>RESULTS suggest that gender affects the total ability EI score as well as scores on the 4 EI branches. Ability EI was greater in women than men. Ability EI varied with age according to an inverted-U curve: Younger and older adults scored lower on ability EI than middle-aged adults, except for the branch of understanding emotions. These findings strongly support the idea that both gender and age significantly influence ability EI during aging. (PsycINFO Database Record<br><br>(c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0012-1649",
doi="10.1037/dev0000191",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0000191"
}