| Addictions- substance use disorder |
Hertel66. Hertel J, Schutz A, Lammers CH. Emotional intelligence and mental disorder. J Clin Psychol. 2009;65:942-54.
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Cross-sectional |
31 patients with unipolar depression, 19 with borderline personality disorder, 35 with substance abuse disorder (90%: alcohol) and 94 healthy controls |
The group with clinical substance use disorders performed worse than the control group for the overall MSCEIT score and the understanding emotions ability. |
- No identification of comorbidities, psychiatric diagnoses or use of psychotropic medication - Small sample size - Unable to establish causal effects |
| Addictions- substance use disorder |
Tomczak1515. Tomczak V. The impact of emotional intelligence on substance abuse and delinquency in a college sample: the comparison of emotional intelligence traits versus abilities [dissertation]. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama; 2010.
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Cross-sectional |
193 university students (74% alcohol; 39% marijuana) |
High levels of substance abuse were related to lower MSCEIT total scores and lower scores for management of emotions were a significant predictor of substance abuse. |
- Absence of a mixture of internal and external factors - Sample with unequal proportions of males and females |
| Addictions- substance use disorder |
Fox99. Fox HC, Bergquist KL, Casey J, Hong KA, Sinha R. Selective cocaine-related difficulties in emotional intelligence: relationship to stress and impulse control. Am J Addict. 2011;20:151-60.
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Cross-sectional |
72 abstinent, treatment-seeking cocaine patients and 52 healthy controls |
Patients’ understanding and managing emotions abilities were significantly deficient when compared to the control group. |
- Included subjects with comorbid alcohol and nicotine dependence - Elevated number of individuals with lifetime anxiety disorder |
| Addictions- substance use disorder |
Milivojevic1616. Milivojevic V, Sinha R, Morgan PT, Sofuoglu M, Fox HC. Effects of endogenous and exogenous progesterone on emotional intelligence in cocaine-dependent men and women who also abuse alcohol. Hum Psychopharmacol. 2014;29:589-98.
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- Study 1: Cross-sectional - Study 2: Clinical Trial |
- Study 1: 98 early abstinent CDA and 56 healthy controls - Study 2: 18 CDA |
- Study 1: In healthy controls, women obtained better scores for facilitation and management of emotions compared to the men. However, this difference was not observed in the CDA group. - Study 2: Progesterone had a positive impact on facilitation of thoughts in both men and women, when compared to placebo. |
- In the first study, there were more cigarette smokers in the CDA group when compared to the control group - The CDA group in study 1 had, in general, more years of alcohol use |
| Addictions- substance use disorder |
Romero-Ayuso1717. Romero-Ayuso D, Mayoral-Gontan Y, Trivino-Juarez J-M. Emotional intelligence, risk perception in abstinent cocaine dependent individuals. Actas Esp Psiquiatr. 2016;44:72-8.
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Cross-sectional |
25 maintaining cocaine abstinence and 25 healthy controls |
Cocaine addicted patients had a significantly lower total MSCEIT score than the control group, with understanding and managing emotions the most deficient skills. |
-Cocaine-dependent patients were receiving cognitive behavioral therapy -Restricted number of balloons in the experimental analog task |
| Addictions - substance abuse disorder |
Lizeretti1818. Lizeretti NP, Oberst UE, Chamarro A, Farriols N. Evaluación de la inteligencia emocional en pacientes con psicopatologia: resultados preliminares usando TMMS-24 y el MSCEIT. Ansiedad Estrés. 2006;12:355-64.
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Cross-sectional |
24 patients with agoraphobia, 18 with cocaine addiction and 20 with dysthymia or minor depression. |
Patients with cocaine dependence had better total EI score when compared to the agoraphobia sample. However, they demonstrated worse performance in use of emotions. |
-Small sample size -Absence of healthy control group -Samples not matched by sex |
| Addictions- impulse buying |
Peter1919. Peter P, Krishnakumar S. Emotional intelligence, impulse buying and self-esteem: the predictive validity of two ability measures of emotional intelligence. Adv Consum Res 2010;37:877-8.
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Cross-sectional |
152 university students |
The MSCEIT total score was negatively associated with impulsive buying behavior and understanding and managing of emotions as skills with significant impairment. |
-Unable to establish causal effects -Small sample size |
