Are executive functions related to emotional intelligence? A correlational study in schizophrenia and borderline personality disorder.
This research explored the relationship between executive functions (working memory and reasoning subtests of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Trail Making and Stroop tests, fluency and planning tasks, and Wisconsin Card Sorting Test) and emotional intelligence measured by the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test in patients with schizophrenia or borderline personality disorder compared to a control group. As expected, both clinical groups performed worse than the control group in executive functions and emotional intelligence, although the impairment was greater in the borderline personality disorder group. Executive functions significantly correlated with social functioning. Results are discussed in relation to the brain circuits that mediate executive functions and emotional intelligence and the findings obtained with other models of social cognition.
Mental Health Unit, Regional Hospital, Malaga 29009, Spain. Electronic address: mariena@ugr.es.
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Hurtado
San Rafael University Hospital, Granada, Spain.
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School of Psychology, University of Granada, Spain.
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Arnedo
Mental Health Day Hospital, University Hospital Center, Granada, Spain.
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Roldán
School of Psychology, University of Granada, Spain.
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Tudela
D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology*; D056348:Emotional Intelligence / Q000502:physiology*; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000503:physiopathology*
Borderline personality disorder; Emotional intelligence; Schizophrenia