Emotional Intelligence and its Effect on Perceived Stress and Coping Ability during COVID-19
Standing
Undergraduate
Type of Proposal
Oral Research Presentation
Faculty
Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Faculty Sponsor
Dr. Lori Buchanan
Proposal
Emotional intelligence (EI) refers to the ability of an individual to perceive, understand and utilize the emotions of oneself and those of others. The literature surrounding EI has evolved over the years and has provided immense data in relation to the way trait EI is able to decrease detrimental aspects like perceived stress and increase positive aspects like coping ability and the utilization of positive coping strategies. However, it has been sparingly related to the circumstances of a global pandemic. COVID-19 has provided a unique opportunity to collect further information about trait EI, perceived stress and coping ability. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to add an ecologically valid method to the literature, that would investigate whether findings would be similar to previous studies and would provide further information as to how preventive measures and resources can be given to disproportionately affected groups.
50 undergraduate students between the ages of 17 and 30 from the University of Windsor completed the study through the online platform of Qualtrics. The participants completed a demographics questionnaire and the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire-Short Form, the Perceived Stress Scale and the Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory in an attempt to measure level of trait EI, perceived stress and coping ability, respectively. The study took no longer than 30 minutes and the participants were compensated with .5 bonus points through the Psychology Participant Pool. Data analysis is currently ongoing, and results will be available at the time of the conference.
Availability
March 29th: anytime before 11:30am and between 1-3:45pm; March 30th: anytime before 11am; March 31st: anytime before 11:30 and between 1-3pm; April 1st: before 11:30am and after 2:20pm
Special Considerations
Presenter: Katarina Kolobaric
Emotional Intelligence and its Effect on Perceived Stress and Coping Ability during COVID-19
Emotional intelligence (EI) refers to the ability of an individual to perceive, understand and utilize the emotions of oneself and those of others. The literature surrounding EI has evolved over the years and has provided immense data in relation to the way trait EI is able to decrease detrimental aspects like perceived stress and increase positive aspects like coping ability and the utilization of positive coping strategies. However, it has been sparingly related to the circumstances of a global pandemic. COVID-19 has provided a unique opportunity to collect further information about trait EI, perceived stress and coping ability. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to add an ecologically valid method to the literature, that would investigate whether findings would be similar to previous studies and would provide further information as to how preventive measures and resources can be given to disproportionately affected groups.
50 undergraduate students between the ages of 17 and 30 from the University of Windsor completed the study through the online platform of Qualtrics. The participants completed a demographics questionnaire and the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire-Short Form, the Perceived Stress Scale and the Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory in an attempt to measure level of trait EI, perceived stress and coping ability, respectively. The study took no longer than 30 minutes and the participants were compensated with .5 bonus points through the Psychology Participant Pool. Data analysis is currently ongoing, and results will be available at the time of the conference.