Emotional intelligence (EI), conflict resolution patterns, and relationship satisfaction: Actor and partner effects revisited

Moshe Zeidner, Iris Kloda

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Abstract

This study tested for actor and partner effects in the relationship between ability-based EI and adaptive marital relationships and satisfaction employing a standard dyadic design involving 100 young heterosexual couples. Participants were assessed on the MSCEIT along with measures of conflict resolution patterns and perceived marital satisfaction. A series of path analyses provided support for actor effects-but not partner effects-in the association of EI, assessed as ability, and marital variables. Overall, the data provide only partial support for the common claim and some prior research suggesting that EI plays a pivotal role in marital relationships.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)278-283
Number of pages6
JournalPersonality and Individual Differences
Volume54
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2013

Keywords

  • Close personal relationship
  • Conflict resolution pattern
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Marital satisfaction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Psychology

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