Ricerc@Sapienza

Coerentemente con i principi della teoria dei tratti e della teoria social-cognitiva, questo studio presenta un modello teorico che ipotizza le convinzioni di autoefficacia emotiva nella gestione delle emozioni negative al lavoro come un meccanismo chiave che contribuisce a mediare la relazione negativa tra la stabilità emotiva – un tratto fortemente associato con le emozioni positive e la salute mentale – e il burnout lavorativo.

Trait Emotional Intelligence (or trait emotional self-efficacy) is a constellation of emotional perceptions assessed through questionnaires and rating scales (Petrides et al., 2007b). This paper examined the psychometric features of the Trait Emotional Questionnaire Full Form (TEIQue-FF; Petrides, 2009b) in the Italian context. Incremental validity in the prediction of depression and anxiety was also tested with respect to the Big Five. Participants were 1343 individuals balanced for gender (690 females and 653 males) whose mean age was 29.65 years (SD = 13.64, range 17-74 years).

In this chapter, we review the recent literature exploring the generality of the Resilient, Under-controlled, and Over-controlled (RUO) types in describing individual personality, using measures of the Big Five factors of personality. The theoretical roots of the three types are delineated with special attention to the classical person-centered approach. Then we focus our attention on studies attesting the existence and the value of the RUO types across different cultures.