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Emotional intelligence buffers the effect of physiological arousal on dishonesty
We studied the emotional processes that allow people to balance two competing desires: benefitting from dishonesty and keeping a positive self-image. We recorded physiological arousal (skin conductance and heart rate) during a computer card game in which participants could cheat and fail to report a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5862927/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28409438 http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-017-1285-9 |
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author | Pittarello, Andrea Conte, Beatrice Caserotti, Marta Scrimin, Sara Rubaltelli, Enrico |
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description | We studied the emotional processes that allow people to balance two competing desires: benefitting from dishonesty and keeping a positive self-image. We recorded physiological arousal (skin conductance and heart rate) during a computer card game in which participants could cheat and fail to report a certain card when presented on the screen to avoid losing their money. We found that higher skin conductance corresponded to lower cheating rates. Importantly, emotional intelligence regulated this effect; participants with high emotional intelligence were less affected by their physiological reactions than those with low emotional intelligence. As a result, they were more likely to profit from dishonesty. However, no interaction emerged between heart rate and emotional intelligence. We suggest that the ability to manage and control emotions can allow people to overcome the tension between doing right or wrong and license them to bend the rules. |
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spelling | pubmed-58629272018-03-28 Emotional intelligence buffers the effect of physiological arousal on dishonesty Pittarello, Andrea Conte, Beatrice Caserotti, Marta Scrimin, Sara Rubaltelli, Enrico Psychon Bull Rev Brief Report We studied the emotional processes that allow people to balance two competing desires: benefitting from dishonesty and keeping a positive self-image. We recorded physiological arousal (skin conductance and heart rate) during a computer card game in which participants could cheat and fail to report a certain card when presented on the screen to avoid losing their money. We found that higher skin conductance corresponded to lower cheating rates. Importantly, emotional intelligence regulated this effect; participants with high emotional intelligence were less affected by their physiological reactions than those with low emotional intelligence. As a result, they were more likely to profit from dishonesty. However, no interaction emerged between heart rate and emotional intelligence. We suggest that the ability to manage and control emotions can allow people to overcome the tension between doing right or wrong and license them to bend the rules. Springer US 2017-04-13 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5862927/ /pubmed/28409438 http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-017-1285-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Brief Report Pittarello, Andrea Conte, Beatrice Caserotti, Marta Scrimin, Sara Rubaltelli, Enrico Emotional intelligence buffers the effect of physiological arousal on dishonesty |
title | Emotional intelligence buffers the effect of physiological arousal on dishonesty |
title_full | Emotional intelligence buffers the effect of physiological arousal on dishonesty |
title_fullStr | Emotional intelligence buffers the effect of physiological arousal on dishonesty |
title_full_unstemmed | Emotional intelligence buffers the effect of physiological arousal on dishonesty |
title_short | Emotional intelligence buffers the effect of physiological arousal on dishonesty |
title_sort | emotional intelligence buffers the effect of physiological arousal on dishonesty |
topic | Brief Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5862927/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28409438 http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-017-1285-9 |
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