EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND DECISION-MAKING OF FEMALE STUDENTS OF SOCIAL WORK IN THE IOWA GAMBLING TASK

• Authors: Pilarik Lubor , Sarmany-Schuller Ivan
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the research was to verify the correlation between emotional intelligence and decision-making in the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) conducted on a non-clinical sample. Our research is based on neuropsychological results that show the functional link between the cortex areas processing emotions and managing decision-making. The somatic marker hypothesis describes a decisional process through marker arising during bioregulation. The bioregulative processes have the form of emotions and feelings, whereas it is assumed that the somatic marker hypothesis overlaps with emotional intelligence. The research sample of 174 female students was administered the electronic form of the Iowa Gambling Task and the Emotional Intelligence Test (EQTM). A positive relation was found between emotion awareness and the number of advantageous card choices in the IGT. At the same time a negative relation was found between the present situation as an EQTM zone and the number of advantageous choices in the IGT. The results interpretation follows the use of emotions as information in the decision-making process in complex situations and uncertainty.

Keywords

EN

BIOREGULATION; DECISION-MAKING; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; IOWA GAME TEST; SOMATIC MARKER HYPOTHESIS

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Psychologica
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 51
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 319-328
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Pilarik Lubor

author

Sarmany-Schuller Ivan

• Lubor Pilarik, Katedra psychologickych vied, Fakulta socialnych vied a zdravotnictva, Univerzita Konstantina Filozofa v Nitre, Kraskova 1, 949 74 Nitra, Slovak Republic; www.psychologia.sav.sk/sp/

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10SKAAAA07485