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Prospective associations between loneliness and emotional intelligence
A Wols1, R H J Scholte1, P Qualter2
1Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Journal of Adolescence
|January 11, 2015
Summary
This study found that understanding and managing emotions prospectively link to loneliness in adolescents. Emotional perception and use were also linked to loneliness in males.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Social Psychology
Background:
- Cross-sectional studies suggest links between loneliness and emotional skill deficits.
- Longitudinal research on the relationship between loneliness and emotional functioning in adolescents is lacking.
Purpose of the Study:
- To longitudinally examine the prospective relationships between loneliness and emotional functioning in young adolescents.
- To investigate gender differences in these prospective associations.
Main Methods:
- 196 adolescents (aged 11-13 years) in England participated.
- Emotional intelligence was assessed using the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT-YV).
- Loneliness was measured using the peer-related subscale of the Loneliness and Aloneness Scale for Children and Adolescents (LACA) at two time points, 10 months apart.
Main Results:
- Prospective links were found between understanding and managing emotions and loneliness for both males and females.
- Perceiving and using emotions prospectively linked to loneliness in males only.
Conclusions:
- Emotional skills, particularly understanding and managing emotions, play a prospective role in adolescent loneliness.
- Gender-specific pathways exist, with emotion perception and utilization being uniquely associated with loneliness in males.
- Findings highlight the importance of fostering emotional intelligence to address loneliness in young people.
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