Sastre Santiago, Artola Teresa, Alvarado Jesús M
University Center Villanueva, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Department of Psychobiology and Methodology of Sciences Behavior, Faculty of Psychology, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Front Psychol. 2019 Aug 14;10:1882. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01882. eCollection 2019.
The aim of the present study was to validate a new procedure, called EMOCINE test, to measure the perception and understanding branches of emotional intelligence (EI) in 1,448 children, aged between 8 and 13 years, from elementary schools. This new tool consists of watching 15 cartoon film clips and interpreting them according to children's own emotional perception and comprehension. After completing the test, the participants were classifie, according to their responses and by using the latent class analysis, as naïve (16.1%), over-interpretative (33.5%), and sensitive (50.4%). An increase in sensitive responses was observed depending on participants sex (girls higher than boys), and academic grade (increasing over the grades). Participants from the sensitive latent class had a significant better behavior in the school/classroom, compared with those from naïve and over-interpretative groups. Likewise, significant differences between latent classes were observed in many psychological, emotional, and behavioral problems (mainly between sensitive vs. insensitive by naivety) such as: depression, post-traumatic symptomatology, attention problems, aggression, family problems, problems at school, problems with classmates, integration and social competence. In conclusion, EMOCINE is a novel and promising tool for the measurement of the perception and comprehension components of EI. The test, employing film clips, is more realistic and motivating than others using static images or written descriptions. Moreover, the test can predict or identify emotional and behavior problems in children.
本研究的目的是验证一种名为EMOCINE测试的新程序，以测量1448名8至13岁小学生的情商（EI）中的感知和理解分支。这个新工具包括观看15个卡通电影片段，并根据孩子们自己的情感感知和理解进行解读。完成测试后，根据参与者的回答并使用潜在类别分析，将他们分为天真型（16.1%）、过度解读型（33.5%）和敏感型（50.4%）。观察到敏感反应的增加取决于参与者的性别（女孩高于男孩）和学业成绩（随年级增加）。与天真型和过度解读型组的参与者相比，来自敏感潜在类别的参与者在学校/课堂上的行为明显更好。同样，在许多心理、情感和行为问题（主要是敏感型与天真型的不敏感型之间）中观察到潜在类别之间的显著差异，例如：抑郁、创伤后症状、注意力问题、攻击性、家庭问题、学校问题、与同学的问题、融入和社交能力。总之，EMOCINE是一种用于测量EI的感知和理解成分的新颖且有前景的工具。该测试采用电影片段，比其他使用静态图像或书面描述的测试更现实、更具激励性。此外，该测试可以预测或识别儿童的情绪和行为问题。
