Gottfredson Ryan K, Becker William J
Department of Management, College of Business and Economics, California State University, Fullerton, CA, United States.
Department of Management, Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States.
Front Psychol. 2023 May 18;14:1067509. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1067509. eCollection 2023.
Backed by both research and practice, the organizational psychology field has come to value emotional intelligence (EI) as being vital for leader and employee effectiveness. While this field values EI, it has paid little attention to the antecedents of emotional intelligence, leaving the EI domain without clarity on (1) why EI might vary across individuals, and (2) how to best develop EI. In this article, we rely on neuroscience and psychology research to make the case that past psychological trauma impacts later EI capabilities. Specifically, we present evidence that psychological trauma impairs the brain areas and functions that support EI. Establishing psychological trauma has valuable theoretical and practical implications that include providing an explanation of why EI might vary across individuals and providing a focus for improving EI: healing from past trauma. Further theoretical and practical implications for the field of organizational psychology are provided.
在研究和实践的双重支持下，组织心理学领域开始重视情商（EI）对于领导者和员工效能的至关重要性。虽然该领域重视情商，但对情商的前因却鲜有关注，使得情商领域在以下两个方面缺乏明确认识：（1）为什么情商在个体之间可能存在差异；（2）如何最好地培养情商。在本文中，我们依据神经科学和心理学研究来论证过去的心理创伤会影响后期的情商能力。具体而言，我们提供证据表明心理创伤会损害支持情商的脑区和功能。确定心理创伤具有宝贵的理论和实践意义，包括解释为什么情商在个体之间可能存在差异，以及为提高情商提供一个重点：从过去的创伤中痊愈。此外，还为组织心理学领域提供了进一步的理论和实践意义。
