Effects of Kibbutz communal upbringing in adulthood: trait emotional intelligence and attachment patterns.

ABSTRACT: Past research regarding the emotional characteristics of kibbutz children raised with communal sleeping arrangements (CSA) showed inconsistent findings for emotional difficulties, such as insecure attachment and lowered ability for intimacy. Only little research has examined these children's emotional characteristics in their adulthood. Trait emotional intelligence (trait EI) is a new concept measuring a constellation of correlated emotional traits that capture a person's typical way of processing emotional information and reacting to it. The present study examined if difficulties in intimacy and trait EI characterize adults who had been raised in CSA kibbutzim (Hebrew plural of kibbutz). Participants comprised 1185 adults, aged 30-79, of whom 735 were raised in CSA kibbutzim, and the rest

SUBMITTER: Sidi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7753919 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature