2024/08/19 by Pilar Rico‐Bordera, Jose A. Piqueras, José A. Piqueras +5 · 5 citations
Psychology · #Big Five personality traits #Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development #Dark triad #Developmental psychology #Emotional Intelligence and Performance #Emotional intelligence #Great Rift #Machiavellianism #Personality #Personality Traits and Psychology #Psychology #Psychopathy #Social psychology #Trait
paper · doi:10.1111/jopy.12969
published in Journal of Personality 93(3), 724-739 (Wiley)
openalex publication_date 2024/08/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/27
OBJECTIVE: Several studies have analyzed the relationship between Emotional Intelligence (EI) and dark personality, but the results are inconclusive. One study tested correlations between traits that may underlie a person-centered profile of "dark EI." Our study aimed to replicate and extend that research, identifying profiles in Spaniards and examining the differences between the profiles based on different variables of interest. METHOD: Two studies were designed, the first one (N = 1241) focused on trait EI and the Dark Triad, and the second one expanding the previous (N = 392) focusing on ability EI and the Dark Tetrad. RESULTS: Three profiles were obtained in both studies: nondark and non-EI profile, dark profile, and average narcissistic and high EI profile. The latter showed the highest self-esteem, strengths, well-being, and civic engagement, and the lowest psychological difficulties and personal distress. CONCLUSIONS: Our results reinforced the findings of the study we replicated, not supporting the presence of dark EI, but also not supporting the presence of high EI with very low levels of dark traits. These results have implications when designing preventive actions to improve emotional education.