Emotional intelligence and executive dysfunction in healthy adults between 40 and 60 years of age

Abstract

Background: To study the possible associations between emotional intelligence and executive dysfunction, in healthy adults between 40 and 60 years of age. Material/Methods: A pilot, transversal study involving 60 subjects who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. TMMS-24 was used for emotional intelligence. DEX-sp was used to assess the executive dysfunction. Results: When testing bivariate associations between age, emotional intelligence and executive dysfunction, we found statistically significant associations between age and emotional intelligence (p = 0.01); age and executive dysfunction (p = 0.01); emotional intelligence and executive dysfunction (p = 0.01). Conclusions: The present study found significant associations between emotional intelligence and executive dysfunction, in healthy adults between 40 and 60 years of age. Future studies might explore the interactions between each component of executive functions and each component of emotional intelligence over time.