The role of emotional intelligence in symptom reduction after psychotherapy in a heterogeneous psychiatric sample

Emotional intelligence of the patient has been claimed to potentially be an important factor in psychotherapy. Empirical studies are largely lacking. The purpose of this study was to examine if (i) pre-intervention emotional intelligence predicts outcome of psychotherapy and (ii) change in emotional intelligence during psychotherapy is associated with change in symptoms in a patient sample with heterogeneous psychiatric symptoms.
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research