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CES Psicología
On-line version ISSN 2011-3080
Abstract
CABALLERO DOMINGUEZ, Carmen Cecilia; SUAREZ COLORADO, Yuly Paola and BRUGES CARBONO, Henry David. Characteristics of Emotional Intelligence in a Group of Higher Education Students with and without Suicidal Ideation. CES Psicol [online]. 2015, vol.8, n.2, pp.138-155. ISSN 2011-3080.
This is a comparative study of a descriptive and transversal type designed to identify the characteristics of emotional intelligence (EI) in a group of higher education students with and without suicidal ideation The sample consisted of 22 subjects with IS and 22 subjects without suicidal ideation . The instruments used were the Traid Meta Mood Scale and Beck's Suicide Ideation Inventory. The results indicated significant differences between groups in the care component (Z = -3.089, p = 0.002), clarity (Z = -3.089, p = 0.002) and emotional repair (Z = -2.627, p = 0.009). It was concluded that the sample of subjects without suicidal thoughts report better emotional skills compared with the IS group.
Keywords : Suicidal Ideation; Emotional Intelligence; Academics; College Students; Mental Health.