title: Emotional intelligence, personality, and gender as factors in disordered eating patterns.
abstract: We examined the hypotheses that proposing higher levels of emotional intelligence (ability test and self-report) and lower neuroticism, extraversion, and agreeableness associate with lower levels of disordered eating. In a correlational study, 126 Israeli college students completed two measures of emotional intelligence, a brief five-factor personality test, demographic data questionnaires, and questionnaires assessing food preoccupation, namely, the Body Weight, Image and Self-Esteem Scale and the Appearance Schema Inventory. Results suggested that ability emotional intelligence is associated with disordered eating beyond gender and personality. Self-reported emotional intelligence did not associate with any of the outcomes after controlling for personality. Implications and applications are briefly discussed.
authors.affiliation: Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, University of California, Davis, CA, USA; Department of Psychology Tel Hai College, Tel Hai, Israel leehuzysberg@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Leehu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zysberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D012649:Self Concept; D012737:Sex Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: behavioral medicine; eating disorders; emotional intelligence; emotions; health behavior; health psychology; personality