Emotional intelligence, social coping, and psychological distress among Chinese gifted students in Hong Kong

Emotional intelligence, social coping, and psychological distress among Chinese gifted students in Hong Kong

• Chan, David W. Dept. of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, Chinese University of Hong Kong

High Ability Studies, 16(2), 163-178, 2005

Routledge

2005

• E Special Education
  • EC Education for the Gifted & Talented Learners

Foreign Countries Structural Equation Models Emotional Intelligence Academically Gifted Coping Depression (Psychology) Well Being Psychological Patterns Goodness of Fit Hong Kong

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

The relationships among emotional intelligence, social coping, and psychological distress were investigated in a sample of 624 Chinese gifted students in Hong Kong. A mediation-effect model specifying that emotional intelligence had an effect on psychological distress mediated by social coping was hypothesized and tested using structural equation modeling procedures. For comparison, a direct-effect model and a direct-and-mediation-effect model were also fitted to the data. The results indicated that the mediation-effect model provided an adequate and good fit, suggesting that the effects of self-relevant and other-relevant emotional intelligence on psychological distress were mediated by avoidant coping and social-interaction coping, respectively. Implications of the findings for enhancing emotional intelligence of students and in promoting the use of adaptive social coping strategies for their psychological well-being are discussed.
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• English

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• 13598139

• 10.1080/13598163060617589

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2010-09-08