title: Emotional intelligence: a moderator of perceived alcohol peer norms and alcohol use.
abstract: This study investigated the roles of emotional intelligence and perceived alcohol peer norms in relation to alcohol use. Two hundred and forty-two undergraduates completed the Campus Survey of Alcohol and Other Drug Norms (Core Institute, 1997) and the Emotional Intelligence Scale (Schutte, Malouff, Hall, Haggerty, & Cooper, 1998). Contrary to emerging research findings, emotional intelligence (EI) was not directly associated with the study's alcohol-use variables. However, the moderating role of EI was supported in the relationship between perceived alcohol peer norms and students' alcohol use. Among college students with lower EI, there was a significantly stronger association between these variables, compared to students with higher EI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio 45207-6511, USA. ghee@xavier.edu
authors.forename: Anna Cash
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Ghee
authors.forename: Candace S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012737:Sex Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D012938:Social Perception; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014495:Universities