Promoting individual resources: The challenge of trait emotional intelligence

This study investigated the role of fluid intelligence, personality traits and different models of emotional intelligence in relation to core self-evaluation, resilience and life satisfaction. The Advanced Progressive Matrices (APM), the Big Five Questionnaire (BFQ), the Mayer Salovey Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT), the Bar-On Emotional Intelligence Inventory (Bar-On EQ-i), the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (TEIQue), the Core Self-Evaluation Scale (CSES), the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), and the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) were administered to 164 Italian high school students. These results highlighted the role of emotional intelligence and in particular of trait emotional intelligence in promoting individual resources and offering new research and intervention opportunities.