Life satisfaction of secondary school students through emotional intelligence
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INTRODUCTION. The present study examined the predictive power of Emotional Intelligence (EI) on the level of life satisfaction in Compulsory Secondary Education students. Based on the human capacity to perceive, understand and regulate one’s emotions, resilience and self-esteem were considered modulating variables. METHOD. The incidental sample consisted of 842 adolescents aged between 13 and 16 years (M=14.8; SD=1.49). The instruments used were the Wong-Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS), the Wagnild and Young Resilience Scale (RS-25), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) and the Diener Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). The reliability of each instrument was tested using Cronbach’s alpha coefficients (α). All families or legal guardians of the participants provided written consent to participate, prior to being informed about the purpose of the research and how the data relating to the empirical study would be treated. Simultaneous multiple regression was used in the data analysis. RESULTS. EI, self-esteem, and resilience correlated significantly and directly, with self-esteem being the best predictor of life satisfaction (accounting for 50% of the variance). Self-regulation of emotion and use of emotion were able to predict the level of life satisfaction, in the selected sample. DISCUSSION. This predict suggests that emotion self-regulation, a factor facilitating the performance and acceptance of oneself and life, is linked to resilience, which in turn predicts life satisfaction.
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