The goal of the current paper is to investigate effects of multilingualism regarding emotional competence (EC). We argue that there might be two paths of influence that connect multilingualism and EC. First, we assume that multilingualism represents a linguistically and culturally heterogeneous context that may stimulate the development of EC. Second, cognitions, such as executive control or divergent thinking, might be an important condition for or constituent of emotions. Since cognitive abilities are sometimes assumed to be positively influenced by multilingualism (called the cognitive resp. bilingual advantage hypothesis), multilingualism might affect EC by boosting these cognitive functions. In an initial pre-study (N = 85) we found that two EC subcomponents were significantly predicted by degree of multilingualism (DM). In a second study (N = 989), we found that DM significantly predicted EC directly and was mediated by cultural heterogeneity but not by language switching, executive functions, or divergent thinking.

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多语言的情感优势

本文的目的是调查多语言对情绪能力（EC）的影响。我们认为，可能有两条影响路径将多语言制和电子商务联系起来。首先，我们假设多语言代表了可能刺激 EC 发展的语言和文化异质背景。其次，认知，例如执行控制或发散思维，可能是情绪的重要条件或组成部分。由于认知能力有时被认为受到多语言的积极影响（称为认知或双语优势假说），多语言可能通过增强这些认知功能来影响 EC。在最初的预研究中（氮= 85）我们发现两个 EC 子成分可以通过多语言程度 (DM) 显着预测。在第二项研究中（氮= 989），我们发现 DM 直接显着预测 EC，并且由文化异质性介导，而不是由语言转换、执行功能或发散思维介导。