How past trauma impacts emotional intelligence: Examining the connection.

Backed by both research and practice, the organizational psychology field has come to value emotional intelligence (EI) as being vital for leader and employee effectiveness. While this field values EI, it has paid little attention to the antecedents of emotional intelligence, leaving the EI domain without clarity on (1) why EI might vary across individuals, and (2) how to best develop EI. In this article, we rely on neuroscience and psychology research to make the case that past psychological trauma impacts later EI capabilities.

Postural Instability and Simulator Seasickness.

Background: Motion sickness is a serious issue for many individuals, but the problem is particularly important among military personnel who may regularly experience unusual or extreme motion profiles as a part of their duties. As such, it is important to understand the underlying mechanisms that contribute to motion sickness, which in turn can lead to new and more effective countermeasures. The current study investigated causal etiology by examining the predictions of postural instability theory.

The dark side of subjective value in sequential negotiations: The mediating role of pride and anger.

Scholars who study negotiation increasingly recognize the importance of social context, seeing negotiations not merely as 1-shot interactions but as influenced by what came before. Under this longitudinal conceptualization of negotiation, a number of recent studies demonstrate that social psychological outcomes from prior negotiations are positively related to economic performance in subsequent negotiations when negotiating repeatedly with the same counterpart. In this report, we investigate a counterexample in the context of "sequential negotiations," which we define as multiple negotiation sessions that occur within a short time frame but facing different counterparts in each session.

Performance of a fourth-generation HIV screening assay and an alternative HIV diagnostic testing algorithm.

Objective: We evaluated the performance of the GS fourth-generation antigen/antibody assay and compared Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) proposed alternative algorithm [repeatedly reactive fourth-generation immunoassay followed by an HIV-1/HIV-2 differentiation immunoassay and, if needed, nucleic acid test (NAT)] with the current algorithm (repeatedly reactive third-generation immunoassay followed by HIV-1 western blot).

Design: A convenience sample of the following four specimen sets was acquired: 10 014 from insurance applicants, 493 known western blot-positive, 20 known western blot-indeterminate specimens, and 230 specimens from 26 HIV-1 seroconverters.

Methods: Specimens were tested with the GS third-generation and fourth-generation immunoassays, the Multispot HIV-1/HIV-2 differentiation immunoassay, NAT, and western blot.

Dynamic aspects of voluntary turnover: an integrated approach to curvilinearity in the performance-turnover relationship.

Previous research pertaining to job performance and voluntary turnover has been guided by 2 distinct theoretical perspectives. First, the push-pull model proposes that there is a quadratic or curvilinear relationship existing between these 2 variables. Second, the unfolding model of turnover posits that turnover is a dynamic process and that a downward performance change may increase the likelihood of organizational separation.

Health assessment of U.S. Army Rangers.

Purpose: Assess the health behaviors of U.S. Army Rangers, including their diet and physical activity patterns, and their use of alcohol, tobacco, and nutritional supplements.

Choline ingestion does not modify physical or cognitive performance.

Objectives: This study was undertaken to determine whether choline ingestion improves physical and cognitive performance following exhaustive load carriage exercise.

Methods: In a double-blind crossover study, 13 men (28 +/- 2 years) underwent four test sessions: load carriage treadmill and no-load carriage test sessions after taking choline or placebo. Physical and cognitive performance batteries were administered at the end of the test sessions.