How past trauma impacts emotional intelligence: Examining the connection

dc.contributor.authorGottfredson, Ryan K.en
dc.contributor.authorBecker, William J.en
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-28T12:55:31Zen
dc.date.available2023-06-28T12:55:31Zen
dc.date.issued2023-05en
dc.description.abstractBacked by both research and practice, the organizational psychology field has come to value emotional intelligence (EI) as being vital for leader and employee effectiveness. While this field values EI, it has paid little attention to the antecedents of emotional intelligence, leaving the EI domain without clarity on (1) why EI might vary across individuals, and (2) how to best develop EI. In this article, we rely on neuroscience and psychology research to make the case that past psychological trauma impacts later EI capabilities. Specifically, we present evidence that psychological trauma impairs the brain areas and functions that support EI. Establishing psychological trauma has valuable theoretical and practical implications that include providing an explanation of why EI might vary across individuals and providing a focus for improving EI: healing from past trauma. Further theoretical and practical implications for the field of organizational psychology are provided.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1067509en
dc.identifier.issn1664-1078en
dc.identifier.other1067509en
dc.identifier.pmid37275697en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/115559en
dc.identifier.volume14en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherFrontiersen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectemotional intelligenceen
dc.subjectneuroscienceen
dc.subjecttraumaen
dc.subjectdissociationen
dc.subjecthypervigilanceen
dc.subjectemotional regulationen
dc.subjectpsychological traumaen
dc.titleHow past trauma impacts emotional intelligence: Examining the connectionen
dc.title.serialFrontiers in Psychologyen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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