Maria del Pilar Berrios Martos
@ujaen.es
Scopus Publications
- The female advantage in team dynamics: The role of genuine emotional displays
Leire Gartzia, M. Pilar Berrios, Nekane Aramburu, Manuel Pulido-Martos
European Management Journal, 2026 - The Role of Emotional Intelligence and Frustration Intolerance in the Academic Performance of University Students: A Structural Equation Model
Ana María Ruiz-Ortega, María Pilar Berrios-Martos
Journal of Intelligence, 2025
This study examines how emotional intelligence and frustration intolerance influence academic performance in university students, drawing on the Job Demands–Resources model—which frames academic success as a balance between psychological demands (such as frustration intolerance) and personal resources (like emotional intelligence)—and Self-Determination Theory, which explains how motivation and self-regulation contribute to adaptation and persistence in challenging contexts. A sample of 630 undergraduates across various disciplines completed validated measures of emotional intelligence, frustration intolerance, academic burnout, academic engagement, and grade point average. Structural equation modeling analyzed relationships among these variables. The results showed that emotional intelligence positively predicted academic performance both directly and indirectly by increasing engagement and reducing burnout. Conversely, frustration intolerance negatively affected academic performance through increased burnout and decreased engagement. The model explained 24 percent of the variance in academic performance. These findings indicate that academic achievement depends on managing the balance between psychological demands and personal resources. Frustration intolerance acts as a psychological demand increasing vulnerability to exhaustion and disengagement, while emotional intelligence serves as a personal resource supporting self-regulation, motivation, and persistence. This highlights the importance of fostering emotional skills and frustration tolerance in higher education to help students cope better with academic challenges and improve performance. - Development of a Video-Test of Emotional Intelligence for Teachers (ViTIED)
María-Pilar Berrios-Martos, Raquel Palomera
Journal of Intelligence, 2025
Emotional Intelligence (EI) in teaching is associated with various educational outcomes and processes. However, it has typically been measured through self-reports and general EI assessments, lacking a specific performance test with greater ecological validity in relation to the demands of the professional educational context. This study describes the development and validation results of the Video-Test of Emotional Intelligence for Teachers (ViTIED), a new performance-based measure to assess the EI of secondary education teachers based on ability EI model and the situational judgment test paradigm. The test comprises 12 video scenes designed to elicit intra- and interpersonal processes, as well as both positive and negative emotions. A total of 163 Spanish teachers (36% male, 64% female; mean age = 40.32 years) completed the ViTIED, along with personality, perceived EI, and burnout assessments. Test scores provide initial evidence of adequate reliability, as well as content, convergent, and divergent validity. Continued validation of this measure will benefit evaluation and intervention processes with teachers, as well as research on the impact of teachers’ EI on the teaching–learning processes and the well-being of the educational community. - Psychological well-being and emotional intelligence in undergraduate nursing students as predictors of academic success
Ana M. Ruiz-Ortega, Nicolás Sánchez, M. Pilar Berrios
Nurse Education Today, 2024 - Chilean validation of the frustration discomfort scale: relation between intolerance to frustration and discomfort and emotional intelligence
Ana M. Ruiz-Ortega, Nicolás Sánchez Álvarez, M. Pilar Berrios Martos
Current Psychology, 2023 - A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Academic Performance in Secondary Education: A Multi-Stream Comparison
Nicolás Sánchez-Álvarez, María Pilar Berrios Martos, Natalio Extremera
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
This study was a quantitative meta-analysis of empirical research on the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and academic performance (AP) that included the three main theoretical models of EI. We conducted a computerized literature search in the main electronic databases. Forty-four of an initial 3,210 articles met the inclusion criteria. With 49 effect sizes and a cumulative sample size of 19,861 participants, we found significant heterogeneity indices indicating a variety of results. In general, the results of this study indicated a significant effect of EI on AP (Z¯ = 0.26). Average association between EI and AP was higher in studies measured EI as ability (Z¯ = 0.31), than studies measured EI as self-report (Z¯ = 0.24), and self-report mixed EI (Z¯ = 0.26). In the educational field, this meta-analysis provides information on the specific role of EI as a function of used measures. Some practical implications are discussed. - Job search self-efficacy as a mediator between emotional intelligence and the active job search process / Autoeficacia de búsqueda como mediadora de la inteligencia emocional y la búsqueda activa de empleo
María-Pilar Nieto-Flores, M. Pilar Berrios, Natalio Extremera
Revista De Psicologia Social, 2019
This study analyses the role of job search self-efficacy as a possible mediating variable in the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and the active job search process in a sample of 196 unemployed people in Andalusia, 107 men and 89 women aged 18 to 59 (M = 30.90; SD = 8.07). They were all provided an EI scale, a job search self-efficacy measure and an active job search measure, and provided their social and demographic information. As expected, EI was positively associated with higher levels of job search self-efficacy, as well as higher levels of job search intensity. In addition, mediation analyses indicated that EI had a significant indirect effect (through self-efficacy) on the active job search process. The results are discussed for application in future career guidance programmes. - Does transformational leadership predict group emotional intelligence in work settings? / ¿Es el liderazgo transformacional un predictor de la inteligencia emocional grupal en los contextos laborales?
Esther Lopez-Zafra, Manuel Pulido-Martos, Pilar Berrios-Martos, Jose M. Augusto-Landa
Revista De Psicologia Social, 2017
Contagion of emotions is a widely accepted characteristic of transformational leaders. However, the impact they may have on the Emotional Intelligence of their subordinates is an open question. In this paper, we analyse whether Transformational Leadership (LTF) perceptions influence the Emotional Intelligence of their groups (GEI). This is a novel approach within the actual interest on emotional intelligence and its role in group results. The participants were 272 subordinates from 52 groups that belonged to different private and public organizations in Spain. They completed a questionnaire including the variables of interest. Our study helps to clarify the relations between TFL perceptions and GEI, showing that TFL and GEI relate at the group level and that TFL is one of the predictors of the perception of GEI in work settings. Thus, the development of emotionally competent transformational leaders will produce emotionally competent groups that might increase their performance, efficiency and other processes (i.e., engagement). - Exploring the socio-emotional factors associated with subjective well-being in the unemployed
M. Pilar Berrios, Natalio Extremera, M. Pilar Nieto-Flores
Peerj, 2016
In this study, we examined the relations between dimensions of Perceived Emotional Intelligence (PEI) and classic constructs, such as social support, on depression, stress, and subjective well-being indicators (life satisfaction and happiness). The study also sought to determine whether PEI dimensions accounted for a significant portion of the variance beyond that of classic constructs in the study of depression, stress, and well-being outcomes in a sample of 442 unemployed subjects. Results indicated that social support and all PEI dimensions are found to be significant and negatively related to depression and stress, and these variables were also found to be significant and positively associated with life satisfaction and happiness. Additionally, results using regression analysis indicated that PEI, and specifically use of emotions and regulation of emotions, explain a significant amount of the variance of all outcomes after controlling for socio-demographics and social support dimensions. Finally, theoretical and practical implications of these constructs and their relation with psychological adjustment and well-being in unemployed people are discussed. - Personal resources associated with different indicators of success in active job search: A systematic review
Behavioral Psychology Psicologia Conductual, 2015 - Are emotional intelligent workers also more empathic?
Maria Pilar Berrios Martos, Esther Lopez-Zafra, Manuel Pulido-Martos, José María Augusto
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 2013 - Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Work Group Emotional Intelligence Profile-Short version
Psicothema, 2012 - The use of computer systems in the study of university subjects: Applying the theory of planned behaviour and the theory of technology acceptance
M. Carmen Aguilar-Luzón, M. Pilar Berrios-Martos, Esther López-Zafra
Estudios De Psicologia, 2012 - Emotional intelligence: 22 years of empirical advances
Behavioral Psychology Psicologia Conductual, 2012 - Emotional intelligence and sense of humor as predictive variables of subjective well-being
Behavioral Psychology Psicologia Conductual, 2012 - Analyzing the relations among perceived emotional intelligence, affect balance and burnout
Behavioral Psychology Psicologia Conductual, 2012 - The relationship between transformational leadership and emotional intelligence from a gendered approach
Esther Lopez-Zafra, Rocio Garcia-Retamero, M. Pilar Berrios Martos
Psychological Record, 2012 - The relationship between emotional intelligence, occupational stress and health in nurses: A questionnaire survey
José María Augusto Landa, Esther López-Zafra, M. Pilar Berrios Martos, Maria del Carmen Aguilar-Luzón
International Journal of Nursing Studies, 2008 - Personality and social sciences: An experimental study about the congruence between Type A behavior pattern and type of task
M. PILAR BERRIOS MARTOS, J. MIGUEL A. GARCIA-MARTINEZ, ESTHER LÓPEZ-ZAFRA
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 2007 - Efecto de la congruencia entre el patrón de conducta tipo A y el tipo de tarea en el rendimiento y la satisfacción
Revista Latinoamericana De Psicologia, 2006 - Perceived emotional intelligence and job satisfaction among nurse proffesionals
Index De Enfermeria, 2006 - The meaning of work in persons with type-a behavior pattern
Psicothema, 1999
