Khan Mahreen, Minbashian Amirali, MacCann Carolyn
School of Management, UNSW Business School, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, NSW, Australia.
School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
J Pers. 2021 Dec;89(6):1176-1190. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12643. Epub 2021 Apr 29.
Over the last two decades, Western society has undergone a marked cultural transformation characterized by rising individualism. Concurrently, the digital landscape has transformed through the rise of social media and smartphones. These factors have previously been implicated in changing individuals' attitudes, behavior, and interpersonal interactions. We investigated whether these societal changes have coincided with changes in trait emotional intelligence (EI) over the last 17 years in Western university students.
We examined this question using a cross-temporal meta-analysis (k = 70; N = 16,917).
There was no change in overall trait EI; however, the trait EI domains "well-being," "self-control," and "emotionality" demonstrated significant decreases with time, after controlling for gender composition and between-country differences.
We discuss these findings in relation to how they contribute to our understanding of trait EI, and how they add to the literature on how Western society is changing with time.
在过去二十年中，西方社会经历了以个人主义抬头为特征的显著文化转型。与此同时，随着社交媒体和智能手机的兴起，数字领域也发生了变革。这些因素此前被认为与个人态度、行为及人际互动的变化有关。我们调查了在过去17年里，这些社会变化是否与西方大学生的特质情商（EI）变化同时出现。
我们采用跨时元分析（k = 70；N = 16,917）来研究这个问题。
总体特质情商没有变化；然而，在控制了性别构成和国家间差异后，特质情商领域“幸福感”“自我控制”和“情绪性”随时间呈现出显著下降。
我们讨论这些发现如何有助于我们理解特质情商，以及它们如何补充了关于西方社会随时间变化的文献。
