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Interpersonal Support, Emotional Intelligence and Family Function in Adolescence

Background: During adolescence, although the peer group exerts a strong influence on how the individual thinks and feels and on personal social values, the family still exerts a sustaining and supporting role. This study analyzed the relationships established between family function, emotional intel...

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Autores principales: Barragán Martín, Ana Belén, Molero Jurado, María del Mar, Pérez-Fuentes, María del Carmen, Oropesa Ruiz, Nieves Fátima, Martos Martínez, África, Simón Márquez, María del Mar, Gázquez Linares, José Jesús
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8152060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34066285
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105145
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author Barragán Martín, Ana Belén
Molero Jurado, María del Mar
Pérez-Fuentes, María del Carmen
Oropesa Ruiz, Nieves Fátima
Martos Martínez, África
Simón Márquez, María del Mar
Gázquez Linares, José Jesús
author_facet Barragán Martín, Ana Belén
Molero Jurado, María del Mar
Pérez-Fuentes, María del Carmen
Oropesa Ruiz, Nieves Fátima
Martos Martínez, África
Simón Márquez, María del Mar
Gázquez Linares, José Jesús
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description Background: During adolescence, although the peer group exerts a strong influence on how the individual thinks and feels and on personal social values, the family still exerts a sustaining and supporting role. This study analyzed the relationships established between family function, emotional intelligence and perceived interpersonal support in adolescence. Method: The sample was made up of 1287 high school students aged 14 to 18 (M = 15.11; SD = 0.91) in the province of Almeria (Spain). Results: The results showed moderate correlations between the intrapersonal emotional intelligence dimension and perceived availability of support (advice or orientation), and between the mood dimension of emotional intelligence and the three interpersonal support dimensions (appraisal, belonging and tangible). In addition, significant positive correlations were found between family function and the intrapersonal and mood dimensions of emotional intelligence, with medium and large effect sizes, respectively. Apart from that, the data revealed that students who could count on a more functional family referred to high empathy and acceptance by others and greater support in material or financial matters, followed by those with moderate family function. In addition, students from homes with severely dysfunctional families perceived less available support. Finally, students who said they could count on strong family function also scored higher on the intrapersonal factor of emotional intelligence. Conclusions: The implications of these findings for the development of emotional intelligence in early adolescence are discussed from the family context, considering the relationship between emotional intelligence and social support.
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spelling pubmed-81520602021-05-27 Interpersonal Support, Emotional Intelligence and Family Function in Adolescence Barragán Martín, Ana Belén Molero Jurado, María del Mar Pérez-Fuentes, María del Carmen Oropesa Ruiz, Nieves Fátima Martos Martínez, África Simón Márquez, María del Mar Gázquez Linares, José Jesús Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: During adolescence, although the peer group exerts a strong influence on how the individual thinks and feels and on personal social values, the family still exerts a sustaining and supporting role. This study analyzed the relationships established between family function, emotional intelligence and perceived interpersonal support in adolescence. Method: The sample was made up of 1287 high school students aged 14 to 18 (M = 15.11; SD = 0.91) in the province of Almeria (Spain). Results: The results showed moderate correlations between the intrapersonal emotional intelligence dimension and perceived availability of support (advice or orientation), and between the mood dimension of emotional intelligence and the three interpersonal support dimensions (appraisal, belonging and tangible). In addition, significant positive correlations were found between family function and the intrapersonal and mood dimensions of emotional intelligence, with medium and large effect sizes, respectively. Apart from that, the data revealed that students who could count on a more functional family referred to high empathy and acceptance by others and greater support in material or financial matters, followed by those with moderate family function. In addition, students from homes with severely dysfunctional families perceived less available support. Finally, students who said they could count on strong family function also scored higher on the intrapersonal factor of emotional intelligence. Conclusions: The implications of these findings for the development of emotional intelligence in early adolescence are discussed from the family context, considering the relationship between emotional intelligence and social support. MDPI 2021-05-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8152060/ /pubmed/34066285 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105145 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Simón Márquez, María del Mar
Gázquez Linares, José Jesús
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8152060/
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