Personality Traits in the Context of Transactional Analysis and Emotional Intelligence in Young Adults: A Research Report

• Zbigniew Wieczorek

  Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5239-2171

This article examines the relationship between the personality structure according to Transactional Analysis (TA) theory and emotional intelligence. Within TA, personality is divided into three ego states: Parent, Adult, and Child, which reflect different ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving. Emotional intelligence, on the other hand, refers to the ability to recognize, understand, and manage one's own emotions and the emotions of others. The adopted model of emotional intelligence assumes the existence of four main components: the ability to perceive and express emotions, the ability to assimilate emotions in cognitive processes, the ability to understand and analyze emotions, and the ability to manage emotions. The conducted research indicates that the Adult ego state, characterized by an objective assessment of the situation and logical thinking, correlates positively with empathy, understood as the ability to recognize and understand the emotions of others. This described relationship is helpful in understanding the process of development and integration of the Adult ego state and underlines its crucial role in a well-developed personality.

1. Zbigniew Wieczorek, Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa
   Social counsellor and sociologist, PhD in Humanities, employee of the Department of Education Studies of Jan Dlugosz University in Częstochowa. He has an over twenty-year experience in assertiveness training and social skills training. His scientific interests focus on widely-understood social communication and using techniques from different therapeutic schools in the process of self-development and learning new behaviours. Privately he is interested in cycling, rock climbing and mountain trekking.

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