Autobiographical remembering and individual differences in emotional intelligence

Abstract

The present study examined the relationship between individual differences in emotional intelligence(EI) and autobiographical remembering. Participants were required to complete the Japanese version of the Emotional Skills and Competence Questionnaire to assess their level of EI. Then they were asked to remember autobiographical memories, followed by the memory characteristics questionnaire. Participants with low EI rated a positive episode as more vivid or more accurate than a neutral episode. But those with high EI the difference of rating between the two episodes was not observed.