Table 2.

Methodological quality and summary of results of the included studies (n = 9).

Author, Year	Study Design	Selection	Measurement	Reporting	Confounding	Results
Amado Alonso, 2020 [34]	+	+	+	+	+	Body image satisfaction significantly correlates with interpersonal, stress management, adaptability, and mood components, but not with the intrapersonal component, of EI. The association between the stress management component of EI and body image satisfaction is significant only for boys.
Cuesta-Zamora, 2018 [42]	+	−	+	+	+	EI significantly and negatively correlates with ED scores in both samples.
Li, 2018 [39]	−	+	+	+	+	EI negatively correlates with social anxiety, which results in partially mediating the relationship between EI and ED risk.
Li, 2019 [40]	−	+	+	+	+	Social appearance anxiety partially mediates the relationship between body esteem and ED risk, whilst EI moderates the effects of body esteem on social appearance anxiety and ED.
Markey, 2007 [35]	−	−	+	+	+	EI significantly predicts bulimic symptoms. EI, alexithymia and coping strategies do not moderate the relationship between a negative affect and bulimic symptoms.
Peres, 2017 [36]	+	−	+	+	+	Samples (clinical vs. non-clinical) significantly differ for intrapersonal and general mood components of EI, while no differences in interpersonal, adaptability and stress management components of EI are found between groups. After controlling for anxiety and depression, no significant correlation is found between AN symptoms and the intrapersonal component of EI, whereas the relationship between the mood component of EI and AN remains significant.
Pollatos, 2020 [38]	+	+	+	+	+	Significant inverse associations are found in both the male and female subsamples between body image dissatisfaction and EI after controlling for the BMI.
Wong, 2014 [37]	+	+	+	+	−	ED symptoms positively correlate with emotional perception, emotional expression, and emotional application components, but not with the emotion regulation component, of EI.
Zavala, 2018 [41]	+	+	+	+	+	The intrapersonal, stress management and adaptability components of EI have a weak but significant inverse correlation with ED symptoms. In a multivariable model controlling for sex, only the stress management component of EI remained associated with ED risk.

Note. Plus (+) signs indicate a low risk of bias, whereas minus (−) signs indicate a high risk of bias. Only results referring to eating and weight problems are reported. Abbreviations: EI: emotional intelligence; ED: eating disorder; AN: anorexia nervosa.