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. 2018 Jul 12;9:307. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00307

Table 3.

Studies using self-report mixed EI tests.

Study EI scale Psychopathy scale Sample (N) Principal results
(18) TEIQue LSRP 84 undergraduate students (67 female) -Secondary Psychopathy correlated negatively with trait EI.
(103) TEIQue PRI, SRP 510 participants (424 female) -Positive correlation between psychopathy and sociability factor and social awareness.
- Psychopathy was negatively related to emotional perception, expression, empathy and relationship skills.
(104) TEIQue-SF SRP-4 100 undergraduate students (75 female) -Psychopathy and EI were negatively related.
(105) TEIQue PCL-R 39 male secure psychiatric patients -Psychopathic individual presented higher total scores of perceived EI, as well as Higher EI scores on the emotional regulation and emotional perception dimensions, in comparison with controls.
(106) TEIQue-SF PPI-R 150 participants (75 female) - Higher levels of psychopathy were associated with higher levels of EI.
(107) TEIQue SRP 241 adults twin pairs (183 female) - Negative correlation between EI and psychopathy.
(108) EQ-i PPI-R 111 male undergraduate students -Stress management (+), intrapersonal (–), interpersonal relationship (+) and General Mood (–) predicted psychopathy.
(109) TEIQue-SF LSRP 369 university students (246 female) - Negative correlation between EI and psychopathy.
(93) TEIQue-SF DTDD 543 students (402 female) - Negative correlation between EI and psychopathy.
(110) TEIQue-SF SD3 199 undergraduates (88 female) - Negative correlation between EI and psychopathy.
(111) EQi PPI-SF 1257 (70% Female) -PPI FD was generally positively associated with self-reported EI.
-PPI SCI negatively associated with EI.
- PPI C was positively but weakly correlated with EQi Adaptability and Stress Management.

TEIQue, Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (10); EQ-i, Bar-On EQ-I (72); TEIQue-SF, Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire-Short Form (71); LSRP, The Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale (79); PRI, Neo Psychopathy Resemblance Index (81); SRP, Self-Report Psychopathy Scale (82); PCL-R, The Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (35); SRP-4, Self-Report Psychopathy Scale (86); PPI-R, The Psychopathic Personality Inventory Revised (36); SRP, Self-Report Psychopathy Scale (82); SD3, Short Dark Triad (87).