Table 4.
Selected studies on EI and suicidal behavior in adults (over 18 years).
| Study | Type of suicidal behavior | EI instrument | Sample | Main results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aradilla-Herrero et al., 2014 | SI | TMMS-24 | 92 nursery students (75 females) | Emotional attention predicts SISI correlates negatively with clarity and repair |
| Caballero et al., 2015 | SI | TMMS-24 | 44 college students (32 females) | Low SI correlated with better understanding and regulation of negative emotions. High SI correlated with a higher emotional attention |
| Ceballos and Suárez, 2012 | SI | TMMS-24 | 157 college students (106 females) | EI and SI correlate negatively |
| Extremera and Rey, 2016 | SI | WLEIS | 1.125 unemployed adults (619 women) | EI moderates the relationship between happiness and life satisfaction and SI. Low EI correlates with higher SI |
| Mérida-López et al., 2018 | SI | WLEIS | Study 1: 438 students (270 females) Study 2: 330 students (264 females) | EI correlated negatively with suicidal thoughts and behaviors in both studies and EI may act as a protective factor against suicidal risk |
| Ciarrochi et al., 2002 | SI | EIS Objective emotion perception test | 302 college students (232 females) | High emotional perception correlates positively with SI, as opposed to a high management of other's emotion and SI |
| Kopera et al., 2018 | SI and NSA | SSEIT | 80 inpatients entering an alcohol treatment program (56 females) | Mood regulation fully mediated the association between depression and history of suicide attempts. No correlation was found between this latter variable and other EI components (emotional perception, understanding and utilization of emotions) |
| Kwok, 2014 | SI | C-EIS-R | 302 college students (228 females) | EI negatively correlates and predicts SI |
| Moayedi et al., 2014 | NSA | EQ-i | 100 adults (50 females with SA) | NSA group scored significantly lower in EI, as opposed to the control group |
| Rahgozar et al., 2011 | NSA | EQ-i | 60 adults (30 with SA) | NSA group scored significantly lower in EI, as opposed to the control group |
| Hazra and Dasgupta, 2011 | SI | EIT | 200 adult students (100 females) | EI negatively correlates with SI |
| Karim and Shah, 2014 | SI | MSCEIT | 192 college students (91 females) | Strategic component of EI predicts SI |
| Paradiso et al., 2016 | SI | MSCEIT | 185 war veteran males (46 with SI) | Lower EI levels are associated with greater SI |
SI, Suicidal ideation; NSA, Non-fatal suicide attempt; TMMS-24, The Spanish adaptation of Trait Meta Mood Scale (Fernández-Berrocal et al., 2004); WLEIS, The Spanish Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (Wong and Law, 2002); EIS/SSEIT, The Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale (Schutte et al., 1998); C-EIS-R, Chinese Emotional intelligence Scale (Chan, 2003); EQ-i, The Emotional Quotient Inventory (Bar-On, 1997); EIT, Emotional Intelligence Test (Chadha, 2001); MSCEIT, Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (Mayer et al., 2003).