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Front. Psychol.
Sec. Emotion Science
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1465774

Ability-Based Emotional Intelligence Profiles and Real-Life Outcomes: A Latent Profile Analysis of a Large Adult Sample

Provisionally accepted
Christophe Haag Christophe Haag 1*Lisa Bellinghausen Lisa Bellinghausen 2,3Clément Poirier Clément Poirier 4
  • 1 École de Management de Lyon, Écully, France
  • 2 Qualia Emotion Institute, Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France
  • 3 Generation QE, Lyon, France
  • 4 Moodwork, Paris, France

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    Few studies have examined emotional intelligence (EI) following a person-centered approach to identify different types of EI profiles and their relationship to everyday life outcomes. And even rarer are those using an "ability" approach of EI (AEI) and related "performance-based" tests which are considered promising. This study fills this gap by identifying AEI profiles and linking them to everyday outcomes such as health, well-being and decision making. The QEg ("QE" for Emotional Quotient -Quotient Emotionnel in French -and "g" for general population), an ability-based measure of EI, along with other measures, were administered to 2 877 French adults. We then ran Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) and identified three latent profiles within a heterogeneous population. The FEP (Full emotion processing) profile outperforms the two others on key domains of life such as stress perception, home-work interaction, gratitude and satisfaction with life, emotional burnout prevention, and decision-making. Our research reveals the need for individualized AEI training programs tailored to three distinct profiles, addressing foundational skills for those with Minimal or Partial Emotional Processing, while refining existing strengths for those with Full Emotional Processing. Targeting interventions to specific profile characteristics could enhance the effectiveness of AEI training and promote improved well-being and life outcomes.

    Keywords: ability based emotional intelligence, LPA, life outcomes, Well - being, decision-making, Health, Gratitude, emotional intelligence assessment

    Received: 16 Jul 2024; Accepted: 15 Jan 2025.

    Copyright: © 2025 Haag, Bellinghausen and Poirier. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Christophe Haag, École de Management de Lyon, Écully, France

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