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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers Soc Psychol. 2012 Feb 13;103(1):194–204. doi: 10.1037/a0027328

Table 2a.

Zero-order correlation coefficients among age, general intelligence, and emotional intelligence scales.

General Intelligence Emotional Intelligence
Age Vocabulary Matrix Reasoning Total IQ Global EI Experiential EI Strategic EI B1 B2 B3 B4
General Intelligence
Vocabulary .33 ---
Matrix Reasoning −.15c .32 ---
Total IQ .09a .79 .80 ---
Emotional Intelligence
Global EI .11b .56 .30 .51 ---
Experiential EI −.02a .35 .23 .35 .88 ---
Strategic EI .20 .63 .30 .55 .89 .59 ---
Perceiving Emotions (B1) −.08a .25 .22 .28 .75 .88 .48 ---
Facilitating Thought (B2) .02a .36 .18 .32 .80 .88 .55 .58 ---
Understanding Emotions (B3) .15c .64 .27 .54 .77 .52 .86 .44 .47 ---
Managing Emotions (B4) .20 .47 .25 .43 .79 .52 .86 .40 .52 .52 ---

N=344. All p<.001 unless otherwise noted.

a

non-significant (p>.05).

b

p<.05.

c

p<.01.

Total IQ was estimated from the Vocabulary and Matrix Reasoning sub-tests. Experiential EI is composed of the Perceiving Emotions branch (B1) and the Facilitating Thought branch (B2); Strategic EI is composed of the Understanding Emotions branch (B3) and the Managing Emotions branch (B4). Global EI is composed of all four branches.