The quiet ego refers to a self-identity that is balanced and growth-oriented in its stance toward the self and others. As a relatively new construct, its validity has been examined in domains related to balance, compassion, and self-control, it has not been examined in other domains that appear to have conceptual overlap such as emotional intelligence (EI), a construct entailing both ability EI (construed as cognitive ability) and trait EI (construed as self-perception). This pre-registered study (N = 300) first examined the quiet ego’s construct validity in the domain of EI using a confirmatory factor analysis approach, and then investigated its associations with subjective well-being and psychological stress from the angle of EI using path models. Results showed that the quiet ego was positively associated with both ability and trait EI, thereby establishing its validity in this domain. Mediation analyses revealed trait EI mediated the relationship between the quiet ego and increased subjective well-being and decreased stress. Serial mediation analyses further revealed that the link between the quiet ego and trait EI was mediated by mindfulness such that the quiet ego transmitted its effects to subjective well-being and stress first via mindfulness and then trait EI. In contrast, there was no evidence that ability EI mediated the relationship between the quiet ego and subjective well-being or stress.

安静的自我是指一种自我认同，在对自我和他人的立场上保持平衡并以成长为导向。作为一种相对较新的结构，已在与平衡，同情心和自我控制有关的领域中检验了其有效性，而在似乎具有概念重叠的其他领域（如情商（EI））中也未对其进行过检验，这种结构要求两者能力EI（理解为认知能力）和特质EI（理解为自我感知）。此预先注册的研究（N = 300）首先使用验证性因子分析方法在EI领域检查了安静自我建构的有效性，然后使用路径模型从EI的角度研究了其与主观幸福感和心理压力的关系。结果表明，安静的自我与能力和特质EI均呈正相关，从而在该领域确定了其有效性。中介分析显示，特质EI介导了安静的自我与主观幸福感增加和下降之间的关系。强调。系列调解分析进一步揭示，静默自我与特质EI之间的联系是由正念介导的，因此静默自我首先通过正念再通过特质EI将其影响传递给主观幸福感和压力。相反，没有证据表明能力EI介导了安静的自我与主观幸福感或压力之间的关系。