Research & Evidence-Based Practice Flashcards
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The 'publication bias' problem in EI research refers to the tendency for:
Answer: Studies with statistically significant positive results to be published more than null findings
Publication bias skews the literature toward positive findings because non-significant or negative results are less likely to be submitted or accepted for publication, inflating apparent effect sizes.
A clinician wants to use an EI measure with demonstrated 'ecological validity.' This means the measure:
Answer: Accurately predicts real-world emotional functioning outside the test context
Ecological validity refers to the degree to which test performance generalizes to and predicts behavior in everyday real-world settings, not just the artificial testing environment.
Longitudinal studies on EI development across the lifespan consistently find that emotional regulation abilities:
Answer: Tend to improve from young adulthood through middle age
Research shows emotional regulation generally improves from young adulthood through middle age, with older adults often showing better regulation of negative emotions despite some cognitive decline.
The 'four-branch' model of EI treats emotional intelligence as a standard intelligence because it:
Answer: Involves hierarchically organized abilities that develop with age and experience
Mayer and Salovey's model qualifies EI as a true intelligence because it involves a hierarchical set of interrelated abilities that develop with maturation and learning, consistent with other recognized intelligences.
When researchers control for 'common method variance' in EI studies, they are addressing the problem that:
Answer: Self-reported EI and self-reported outcomes may correlate artificially due to shared measurement bias
Common method variance inflates correlations when both the predictor (EI) and the outcome (e.g., job satisfaction) are measured via self-report at the same time, creating spurious relationships.
Research by Brackett, Rivers, and Salovey (2011) on EI in educational settings found that teachers with higher EI created classrooms with:
Answer: More positive emotional climates and greater student engagement
Brackett and colleagues found that teachers' EI predicted the emotional climate of their classrooms, with higher-EI teachers fostering warmer, more engaging learning environments.
The 'Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study' contributed to EI research by demonstrating that childhood self-control:
Answer: Predicts adult health, wealth, and well-being outcomes over decades
The Dunedin Study followed over 1,000 individuals from birth to adulthood and found that childhood self-control strongly predicted adult physical health, financial success, and social functioning.