title: Overlap between the general factor of personality and emotional intelligence: A meta-analysis.
abstract: We examine the relationship between the general factor of personality (GFP) and emotional intelligence (EI) and specifically test the hypothesis that the GFP is a social effectiveness factor overlapping conceptually with EI. Presented is an extensive meta-analysis in which the associations between the GFP, extracted from the Big Five dimensions, with various EI measures is examined. Based on a total sample of k = 142 data sources (N = 36,268) the 2 major findings from the meta-analysis were (a) a large overlap between the GFP and trait EI (r ≈ .85); and (b) a positive, but more moderate, correlation with ability EI (r ≈ .28). These findings show that high-GFP individuals score higher on trait and ability EI, supporting the notion that the GFP is a social effectiveness factor. The findings also suggest that the GFP is very similar, perhaps even synonymous, to trait EI. (PsycINFO Database Record
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
authors.forename: Dimitri
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-7098-8948
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: van der Linden
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
authors.forename: Keri A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Pekaar
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
authors.forename: Arnold B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Bakker
authors.affiliation: Management and Organizational Studies, University of Western Ontario.
authors.forename: Julie Aitken
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Schermer
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario.
authors.forename: Philip A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Vernon
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Western Illinois University.
authors.forename: Curtis S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Dunkel
authors.affiliation: London Psychometric Laboratory, University College London.
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Petrides
mesh_terms: D056348:Emotional Intelligence / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D010551:Personality / Q000502:physiology*; D066107:Social Skills