Evidence that increasing self-concept clarity tends to reduce the role of emotional contagion in predicting one's emotional intelligence regarding a romantic partner

In two studies, we tested the associations between self-concept clarity and romantic-partner-focused emotional intelligence, using self-report measures of both constructs. In Study 1, in the data from two online samples (ns = 205 and 217), we found evidence of a curvilinear relationship between self-concept clarity and romantic-partner-focused emotional intelligence. This evidence showed that individuals with low and high (but not moderate)...