The Influence Of The Emotional Intelligence Of Ethnic Bicultural People On Their Psychological Adaptation

The aim of this study is to analyze and explore the psychological adaptation of minority biculturalists.By using the method of questionnaire survey,378 minority biculturalists in college were selected as the research object.The Bicultural Identity Integration Scale,Emotional Intelligence Scale sand Psychological Adaptation Scales were applied and revised,using as research tools to analyze the status of emotional intelligence,bicultural identity integration,and psychological adaptation of minority biculturalists.At the same time,investigating the features and differences in nationalities,grades,subject types,the time of learning Chinese and the teaching methods of emotional intelligence,bicultural identity integration and psychological adaptation of ethnic minority biculturalists;exploring the relationship between emotional intelligence,bicultural identity integration and psychological adaptation of minority biculturalists and whether the emotional intelligence have direct influence on the level of psychological adaptation of biculturalists.The research indicates:(1)The degree of bicultural identity integration of minority biculturalists was at a relatively high level overall;the score of emotional intelligence was at a higher medium level,and the biculturalists were unbalanced developed among the various factors within emotional intelligence;the four dimensions of emotional intelligence ranked according to the score was utilization of emotion,other-emotion management,emotional self-management and emotional perception;the biculturalists' psychological adaptation overall scores were at the lower middle level;biculturalists had a feeling of higher loneliness,lower subjective well-being and lower life satisfaction;Ethnicity,gender,grade,subject type,teaching model,and the time of learning Chinese had an impact on the emotional intelligence,bicultural identity integration and psychological adaptation of minority biculturalists;(2)Emotional intelligence,bicultural identity integration and psychological adaptation were closely related to each other.Besides,the degree of bicultural identity integration and emotional intelligence of minority biculturalists can significantly predict the indicators of Psychological adaptation.(3)The bicultural identity integration plays mediating effect in the relationship between emotional intelligence and psychological adaptation.The emotional intelligence of biculturalists can directly affect their psychological adaptation,and can also indirectly influence the psychological adaptation through the bicultural identity integration.In short,the psychological adaptation of ethnic minority college students is affected by the emotional intelligence and bicultural identity integration;bicultural identity integration is part of the mediating variables.Therefore,in order to enhance the level of psychological adaptation of ethnic biculturalists,the overall social environment,school education and family education of minority groups can be adjusted from these three aspects:(1)colleges and universities should increase some curriculum content to encourage and promote minority students accept and identify with mainstream culture actively.At the same time,some mental health education and group counseling courses which integrate into different cultures can be opened to enhance the level of biculturalists' psychological adaptation;(2)In family education,parents should pay attention to the cultivation of children's emotional intelligence,create a positive atmosphere to cultivate children's emotion to perceive themselves,regulate themselves and others,and use emotions consciously;adopt reasonable family education methods to cultivate healthy personality and improve the ability to psychological adaptation;(3)From the perspective of minority biculturalists themselves,they must treat things correctly,cultivate positive emotions,examine themselves from a positive perspective,and fully trust their own abilities to enhance their abilities of psychological adaptation.