EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT STYLES IN MEXICAN HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS

Alejandro Cesar Luna Bernal

Volume : V, Issue : XI, November - 2016

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT STYLES IN MEXICAN HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS

Alejandro Cesar Luna Bernal

Abstract :

In order to contribute to the discussion on emotional intelligence and conflict management in adolescence in the school context, this paper analyses the relationships between three key aspects of perceived emotional intelligence (emotional attention, clarity and repair) and three conflict management message styles (self–oriented, other–oriented, and issue–oriented), in a sample (N = 171) of Mexican high–school students, aged 15 to 19 years old. ?e participants answered the Spanish modified version of the Trait Meta–Mood Scale (TMMS) and the Conflict Management Message Style Instrument (CMMS). In the results, the self–oriented and the other–oriented styles correlated positively with attention and repair. In turn, the issue–oriented style correlated positively with all aspects of perceived emotional intelligence.