title: Gender Differentiation of Relationships Between Manifestations of Indirect Self-Destructiveness and Dimensions of Emotional Intelligence.
abstract: The aim of this study has been to explore the gender differentiation of relationships between individual manifestations of indirect self-destructiveness and particular dimensions of emotional intelligence. A population of 260 individuals (130 women and 130 men) aged 20-30 (mean age of 24.5) was studied by using the Polish version of the Chronic Self-Destructiveness Scale (CS-DS) and INTE, i.e. the Polish version of the Assessing Emotions Scale (AES). Manifestations of indirect self-destructiveness showed significant correlations with INTE variables, and those correlations were mainly negative. Relationships between specific dimensions of emotional intelligence and specific manifestations of self-destructiveness differed between women and men. One of the most important differences was the relationship between transgression and ability to recognize emotions. The knowledge of the differentiation of the above relationships may allow to orient prophylactic and therapeutic actions, and adjust them to the specific gender.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, The Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Piotrków Trybunalski Branch, Słowackiego 114/118 str., 97-300, Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland. psyche1@onet.eu.
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsirigotis
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, The Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Piotrków Trybunalski Branch, Słowackiego 114/118 str., 97-300, Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Łuczak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Dimensions of emotional intelligence; Gender; Manifestations of indirect self-destructiveness