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Does sexual intelligence exist? Do we need another intelligence construct?

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In his new book ‘Sexual Intelligence’, Marty Klein states that the sexual intelligence is composed of, among others, the ability to create and maintain desire in a situation that is less than perfect or not comfortable for the partners. The aim of this paper is to compare the sexual intelligence with other intelligence constructs, such as social intelligence and emotional intelligence. On one hand, the sexual intelligence seems to be similar to social intelligence, but on the other hand, the sexual intelligence may be more useful than the social intelligence to predict social interactions of sexual nature. The sexual intelligence might be connected with the emotional intelligence. It has been proven that emotional intelligence is connected with the quality of close relationships and that may also be the case for the sexual intelligence. Sexual intelligence seems to be another psychological construct created to describe the human intelligence, but further research is needed to prove that it differs from social or emotional intelligence.
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  • Nov 2000
  • PERS INDIV DIFFER
This study critically evaluated the Emotional Intelligence (EI) construct (the ability to perceive, understand, and manage emotions), as measured by the Multi-factor Emotional Intelligence Scale (MEIS in press). We administered the MEIS to Australian undergraduates along with a battery of IQ, personality, and other theoretically relevant criterion measures, including life satisfaction and relationship quality. We also induced moods in the students and examined whether people high in EI were better than others at managing their moods and preventing their moods from biasing their social judgments. Analyses revealed that EI was not related to IQ but was related, as expected, to specific personality measures (e.g., empathy) and to other criterion measures (e.g., life satisfaction) even after controlling for IQ and personality traits. EI was also related to people's ability to manage their moods, but not to their ability to prevent moods from biasing their judgments. IQ was surprisingly related to both these mood processes. The results suggest that the EI construct is distinctive and useful, but that traditional IQ may also be important in understanding emotional processes.
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