title: Association of emotional intelligence with alexithymic characteristics.
abstract: We examined the association of emotional intelligence and alexithymic characteristics as the personality trait in cohorts of 267 college students and 398 psychiatric outpatients. Score on the Toronto Alexithymia Scale were significantly correlated with those on the Emotional Intelligence Scale, suggesting that alexithymic characteristics are related to lower emotional intelligence. In conclusion, these data suggest that emotional intelligence overlaps with alexithymia.
authors.affiliation: Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, Japan. fukunisi@prit.go.jp
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fukunishi
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Wise
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sheridan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shimai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Otake
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Utsuki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uchiyama
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology