The impact of emotional intelligence on encounter mode and quality of romantic relation

Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je ispitati ulogu emocionalne inteligencije u načinu upoznavanja partnera i kvaliteti romantičnih veza. Također, ispitivao se odnos kvalitete veze i načina upoznavanja te spolne razlike u ispitivanim varijablama. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 283 sudionika u dobi od 18 do 30 godina koji su trenutno u romantičnoj vezi. Korišteni su sljedeći instrumenti: sociodemografski upitnik, Skala kvalitete veze, Test upravljanja emocijama i Upitnik emocionalne kompetentnosti. Utvrđeno je da ne postoje značajne razlike u kvaliteti veze i emocionalnoj inteligenciji između pojedinaca koji su svoje partnere upoznali uživo i onih koji su partnere upoznali putem interneta. Nadalje, rezultati ukazuju da su emocionalna inteligencija i kvaliteta veze pozitivno povezane. Rezultati dobiveni Testom upravljanja emocijama ukazuju da žene postižu više rezultate na ovom testu. Nadalje, utvrđeno je da muškarci i žene procjenjuju kvalitetu svojih veza podjednakom.The aim of this study was to examine the role of emotional intelligence in the way of getting to know the partner and the quality of romantic relationships. It was also examined the relationship of the way of getting to know partner and relationship quality. Third task was to examine if there are gender differences in emotional intellingence and relationship quality. The study involved 283 participants in ages from 18 to 30 who were in romantic relationship. The following instruments were used: sociodemographic questionnaire, Relationship Quality scale, Emotional Competence Questionnaire and Emotion management test. Those who have met their partners alive and those who have met them online didn't differ in the quality of relationships and emotional intelligence. Furthermore, the emotional intelligens and relationship quality correlate positively. The results of the Emotion management test indicate that women have higher scores in this test. Furthermore, it has been found that man and women perceived quality of their relationships as equal