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The Nomological Network of Emotion Recognition Ability
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The Nomological Network of Emotion Recognition Ability

  • Schlegel, Katja Social Interaction Laboratory, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
  • Fontaine, Johnny R. J. School of Human Resource Sciences, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
  • Scherer, Klaus R. Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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  • European Journal of Psychological Assessment. - Hogrefe Publishing Group. - 2019, vol. 35, no. 3, p. 352-363
Applied Psychology
English Abstract. The ability to recognize other people’s emotions from their face, voice, and body (emotion recognition ability, ERA) is crucial to successful functioning in private and professional life. The Geneva Emotion Recognition Test (GERT; Schlegel, Grandjean, & Scherer, 2014 ) is a new instrument to measure ERA in a more ecologically valid way than previous tests. In this article, we report the results of five studies examining the test’s construct validity with a total N of 1,284. We found that the GERT was highly positively correlated with other performance-based tests measuring ERA and emotional intelligence (EI), as well as with cognitive intelligence. GERT scores were also related to higher self-reported empathy, openness, and neuroticism, and to better social adjustment. Furthermore, higher GERT scores were related to lower anxiety, anger expressivity, and alexithymia. In line with previous findings, women scored higher than men and GERT performance declined with increasing age. Taken together, these results provide considerable evidence for the construct validity of the GERT and for ERA as an adaptive skill that likely facilitates better life outcomes.
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