Editing Emotional intelligence (section)

=== Self-esteem and drug dependence ===
A 2012 study in India cross-examined emotional intelligence, [[self-esteem]], and [[marijuana]] dependence.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Nehra DK, Sharma V, Mushtaq H, Sharma NR, Sharma M, Nehra S |title=Emotional intelligence and self esteem in cannabis abusers |url=http://jiaap.org/listing_detail/logo/9f17c341-3b9d-4317-868b-cebb3b65fb76.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219025158/http://jiaap.org/listing_detail/logo/9f17c341-3b9d-4317-868b-cebb3b65fb76.pdf |archive-date=2018-02-19 |url-status=dead |journal=[[Journal of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology]] |date=July 2012 |volume=38 |issue=2 |pages=385–393}}</ref> Out of a sample of 200, 100 of whom were dependent on cannabis and the other 100 emotionally healthy, the dependent group scored exceptionally low on EI when compared to the control group. They also found that the dependent group also scored low on self-esteem when compared to the control.

Another study in 2010 examined whether or not low levels of EI had a relationship with the degree of [[Substance dependence|drug]] and [[alcoholism|alcohol]] addiction in Australia.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Brown E, Chiu E, Neill L, Tobin J, Reid J |s2cid=73720582 |date=16 Jan 2012 |title=Is low emotional intelligence a primary causal factor in drug and alcohol addiction? |journal=Australian Academic Press|location=Bowen Hills, QLD, Australia |pages=91–101}}</ref> In the assessment of 103 residents in a drug rehabilitation center, they examined their EI along with other psychosocial factors in a one-month interval of treatment. They found that participants' EI scores improved as their levels of addiction lessened as part of their treatment.