Relationship between emotional intelligence and emotional variables such as stress, depression, anxiety and mental health has been well documented in child and adult samples. New insights into the association between emotional intelligence and different components of mental health in one study (cognitive, emotional and behavioral dimensions) can help patients, therapists, relatives, and friends to understand, explain, and cope with symptoms. There have been no studies assessing the association between the emotional intelligence (EI) with various factors in Lebanon. This study principal aim was to evaluate how EI is related to mental health issues: social anxiety, depression, alcohol use disorders (AUD), work fatigue, stress and alexithymia in Lebanon. 789 participants were enrolled in a cross-sectional study between November 2017 and March 2018. A cluster analysis was used to evaluate participants’ profiles with the help of emotional intelligence subscales, to separate the Lebanese population into equal limited units with different characteristics using the K-mean technique. Three clusters were computed dividing participants into low EI (cluster 1; 24.5%), moderate EI (cluster 2; 43.7%) and high EI (cluster 3; 31.7%) respectively. Fitting into the cluster 1 (low EI) was significantly associated with higher AUD, alexithymia, anxiety, depression, perceived stress, social phobia, emotional, mental and physical work fatigue, suicidal ideation compared to cluster 3 (high EI). Fitting into the cluster 2 (moderate EI) was significantly correlated with higher AUD, depression, alexithymia, anxiety, perceived stress, social phobia, mental work fatigue and suicidal ideation compared to cluster 3 (high EI). This study results suggest that emotional intelligence is related to different variables, warranting interventions to limit/decrease alcohol abuse and mental/psychological illnesses as much possible.

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黎巴嫩成年人中情绪智力的相关性：抑郁，焦虑，自杀意念，饮酒障碍，运动障碍和工作疲劳的作用

在儿童和成人样本中，情绪智力与情绪变量（如压力，抑郁，焦虑和心理健康）之间的关系已得到充分证明。在一项研究中，关于情绪智力与心理健康不同组成部分之间关系的新见解（认知，情感和行为维度）可以帮助患者，治疗师，亲戚和朋友理解，解释和应对症状。在黎巴嫩，尚无评估情绪智力（EI）与各种因素之间关系的研究。这项研究的主要目的是评估EI与心理健康问题的关系：黎巴嫩的社交焦虑症，抑郁症，饮酒障碍（AUD），工作疲劳，压力和读写障碍。2017年11月至2018年3月，共有789名参与者参加了横断面研究。聚类分析用于借助情绪智力量表评估参与者的概况，使用K均值技术将黎巴嫩人口分为具有不同特征的相等的有限单位。计算了三个聚类，将参与者分别分为低EI（组1； 24.5％），中EI（组2； 43.7％）和高EI（组3； 31.7％）。与第3组（高EI）相比，适合第1组（低EI）与较高的AUD，运动障碍，焦虑，抑郁，感知压力，社交恐惧症，情绪，精神和身体工作疲劳，自杀意念显着相关。适应第2组（中度EI）与较高的AUD，抑郁症，运动障碍，焦虑症，感觉到的压力，社交恐惧症，与组3（高EI）相比，精神工作疲劳和自杀意念高。这项研究结果表明，情商与不同的变量有关，因此需要采取干预措施来限制/减少酗酒和精神/心理疾病。