ABSTRACT

This Meta-Analysis investigated the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and giftedness. The study focused on whether gifted learners possessed higher levels of EI when compared with their non-gifted peers. Furthermore, it sought to determine if gifted males and gifted females differed in their EI abilities. A search of published and unpublished studies in English and Arabic from 1990 to 2018 resulted in 21 studies that compared gifted with non-gifted students, and 11 studies that compared gifted males with gifted females in their EI ability. Using a random-effect model, the results showed that gifted students outperformed non-gifted students on EI, g = 0.226, SE = .036, 95% CI [0.155, 0.297], p < .001. Furthermore, in regards to emotional intelligence, gifted females significantly surpassed gifted males., g = 0.164, SE = .046, 95% CI [0.074, 0.255], p < .001. Multiple regression analyses showed that age, gender, EI measures, and EI skills significantly explained 18% of the variability in the mean effect between gifted vs. non-gifted students; whereas the age and EI skills moderators significantly explained 49% of the variation in the mean effect between gifted male and gifted female students. Implications and future directions were discussed.

摘要

该元分析调查了情商 (EI) 与天赋之间的关系。该研究的重点是与非天才同龄人相比，天才学习者是否拥有更高水平的情商。此外，它试图确定天才男性和天才女性的 EI 能力是否不同。对 1990 年至 2018 年间以英语和阿拉伯语发表和未发表的研究进行搜索，得出 21 项比较天才学生与非天才学生的研究，以及 11 项比较天才男性和天才女性的 EI 能力的研究。使用随机效应模型，结果显示天才学生在 EI 方面的表现优于非天才学生，g = 0.226，SE = .036，95% CI [0.155, 0.297]，p < .001。此外，在情商方面，有天赋的女性明显优于有天赋的男性。g = 0.164，SE = .046，95% CI [0.074, 0.255]，p < .001。多元回归分析表明，年龄、性别、情商测量和情商技能显着解释了天才学生与非天才学生之间平均影响差异的 18%；而年龄和 EI 技能调节者显着解释了天才男学生和天才女学生之间平均效应差异的 49%。讨论了影响和未来的方向。