Table 1. Descriptive statistics, mean comparisons, effect size estimations between females and males, N = 210.

	Females		Males
	M	SD	M	SD	t	df	d
Emotional Intelligence
Perception	7.81	1.62	7.09	2.05	2.83*	197.54	0.40
Understanding	7.37	1.62	6.73	1.83	2.69*	208	0.37
Assimilation	6.75	1.53	6.14	1.8	2.65*	202.66	0.37
Emotion Management	6,05	1.45	5.51	1.58	2.58*	208	0.36
Total score EI	27.97	5.12	25.46	6.15	3.22*	201,34	0.45
Face decoding test (FDT)
Basic emotions	3.2	0.31	3.15	0.32	1.21	208	0.17
Basic emotions – congruent part	3.19	0.4	3.25	0.36	−1.13	208	0.16
Basic emotions – non-congruent part	3.21	0.39	3.04	0.41	3.1*	208	0.43
Inconsistent emotions	2.59	0.31	2.47	0.31	2.81*	208	0.39
Total Score FDT	2.83	0.26	2.74	0.24	2.74*	208	0.38

Note. The t-tests were two-tailed.

*p<.05.

**p<.001.