Peláez-Fernández María Angeles, Romero-Mesa Juana, Franco-Paredes Karina, Extremera Natalio
Department of Social Psychology, Social Work, Social Anthropology and East Asian Studies, University of Málaga, Spain.
Behavior, Health and Quality of Life Research Group, Research Center on Risks and Quality of Life, University of Guadalajara, Ciudad Guzmán, Mexico.
Int J Eat Disord. 2023 Apr;56(4):778-782. doi: 10.1002/eat.23778. Epub 2022 Jul 15.
This research aimed to explore the moderating role of emotional intelligence (EI) in the relationship between self-esteem and eating disorders (ED) symptomatology.
A battery of online questionnaires was administered to a sample of 516 adults including university students and a community population. The sample, age range of 18-77 years (X = 38.90; SD = 14.76), was made up of 63% women and 32% men.
EI moderated the association between self-esteem and ED symptomatology for the total sample. However, a gender-specific analysis showed that the moderation effect was only significant for women. Specifically, when women reported a low level of self-esteem, those with high scores in EI reported lower scores in ED symptoms than those with low EI.
Our findings are discussed in terms of the need for future research to understand the different gender associations and to consider these differences in further intervention programs for reducing the risk of ED, in which training in emotional skills may be more beneficial for women than men.
本研究旨在探讨情商（EI）在自尊与饮食失调（ED）症状之间关系中的调节作用。
对包括大学生和社区人群在内的516名成年人样本进行了一系列在线问卷调查。样本年龄范围为18 - 77岁（X = 38.90；标准差 = 14.76），其中63%为女性，32%为男性。
对于总样本，EI调节了自尊与ED症状之间的关联。然而，一项针对性别的分析表明，这种调节效应仅在女性中显著。具体而言，当女性报告自尊水平较低时，EI得分高的女性在ED症状方面的得分低于EI得分低的女性。
我们的研究结果将根据未来研究的需要进行讨论，即要理解不同性别之间的关联，并在进一步的降低ED风险干预项目中考虑这些差异，其中情绪技能培训对女性可能比男性更有益。
