Ponterotto, J. G., Ruckdeschel, D. E., Joseph, A. C., Tennenbaum, E. A., & Bruno, A. (2011). Multicultural personality dispositions and trait emotional intelligence: An exploratory study. The Journal of Social Psychology, 151(5), 556-576.
The article reports how multicultural personality dispositions are associated with emotional intelligence. In this study, 152 graduate students from a large university in the northeastern city of the US participated. Results showed that cultural empathy and social initiative are the two multicultural personality dispositions that predict trait emotional intelligence.
Ponterotto, J. G., Ruckdeschel, D. E., Joseph, A. C., Tennenbaum, E. A., & Bruno, A. (2011). Multicultural personality dispositions and trait emotional intelligence: An exploratory study. The Journal of Social Psychology, 151(5), 556-576. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2010.503718