This study aimed to contribute towards understanding the extent to which the emotional intelligence (EI), measured as an ability, of biological mothers and fathers was associated with the global EI of their offspring as young adults using a performance test of ability EI: the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT). These questions were assessed using a cross-sectional sample (total N = 333), which was composed of 111 biological parents (111 mothers and 111 fathers) aged between 37 and 73 years (M = 51.26; SD = 5.91), and 111 offspring (54 men and 57 women) aged between 18 and 45 years (M = 22.56; SD = 3.26). There is an intergenerational gap between parents and offspring, with offspring having higher scores in EI than their fathers and mothers. The EI of parents was associated with that of their offspring, although the link with maternal EI was greater than the link with paternal EI, even controlling for certain demographic covariates such as the gender of the offspring. Moreover, the EI of fathers has an effect on the EI of their offspring especially when the EI of the mothers was low. These findings suggest that parental EI — particularly that of the mother — was significantly associated with the ability EI of their offspring during the lifespan.

这项研究旨在通过能力EI的性能测试来了解亲生父母的智力（EI）与其年轻人后代的整体EI的关联程度（迈耶（Mayer）） -Salovey-Caruso情绪智力测验（MSCEIT）。使用横截面样本评估了这些问题（总N = 333），由111位年龄在37至73岁（M = 51.26； SD = 5.91）的亲生父母（111位母亲和111位父亲）和111位年龄介于18至45岁的后代（54位男性和57位女性）组成（M ＝ 22.56； SD ＝ 3.26）。父母与后代之间存在代际差距，后代在EI中的得分高于父母。父母的EI与后代的EI相关，尽管与母亲的EI的联系大于与父亲的EI的联系，甚至可以控制某些人口统计学变量，例如后代的性别。此外，父亲的EI会影响其后代的EI，尤其是在母亲的EI较低的情况下。