The Relationships among Resilience and Posttraumatic Growth and Emotional Intelligence Based on a Distinction between the Self and Others Domains

Abstract

This study investigated relationships among resilience and posttraumatic growth and emotional intelligence based on a distinction between the self and others domains. Undergraduates (104 males and 141 females) completed a questionnaire assessing emotional intelligence, posttraumatic growth from a most stressful event, and resilience following the event. Multiple population analysis of structural equation modeling was employed because there are gender differences in emotional intelligence. The results for male participants suggested that the resilience of others domain had a positive effect on the emotional intelligence of others domain, through the growth of skills to accept others. In contrast, for females, the resilience of self domain had a positive effect on both the emotional intelligence of the self and others domains, through the growth of self confidence. The reasons for gender differences in emotional intelligence and the relation between environment factors and emotional intelligence are discussed.