Facultatea Psihologie, Ştiinţe ale Educaţiei, Sociologie şi Asistenţă Socială / Faculty of Psychology, Educational Sciences, Sociology and Social Work

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The impact of emotional intelligence and socio-demographic factors on the coping mechanisms used by adolescents
(CEP USM, 2024) Pleșea, Andreea-Cristina
The main objectives of this study were to investigate the relationship between the emotional intelligence of adolescents and the coping strategies used by them, as well as to determine the socio-demographic factors that have an impact on these coping mechanisms. The research sample included a number of 220 teenagers between the ages of 14 and 17, of which 100 from the urban environment, and 120 from the rural environment. The „Diagnosis of emotional intelligence” test developed by N. Hall, the Friedman Maturity Scale and the Cognitive-Emotional Coping Questionnaire CERQ were used as research tools. The main results conclude that adolescents with a high level of emotional intelligence especially use adaptive coping mechanisms - refocusing on planning, positive reassessment, positive refocusing and putting events into perspective and are less likely to use maladaptive coping mechanisms - self-blame, catastrophizing, rumination and blaming others. It was also found that socio-demographic factors influence differently the use of cognitive-emotional coping mechanisms.