Does Emotional Intelligence Moderate the Relationship between Satisfaction in Specific Domains and Life Satisfaction?

Research has shown that individuals experience higher satisfaction with life when they are satisfied with their jobs, with their social environment, and with themselves. Also, independent of their life situations, individuals with higher emotional intelligence tend to feel higher life satisfaction....

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Autores: Pérez Escoda, Núria, Alegre, Albert
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/165167
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/165167
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Intel·ligència emocional
Satisfacció
Satisfacció en el treball
Previsió
Emotional intelligence
Satisfaction
Job satisfaction
Forecasting
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spelling Does Emotional Intelligence Moderate the Relationship between Satisfaction in Specific Domains and Life Satisfaction?Pérez Escoda, NúriaAlegre, AlbertIntel·ligència emocionalSatisfaccióSatisfacció en el treballPrevisióEmotional intelligenceSatisfactionJob satisfactionForecastingResearch has shown that individuals experience higher satisfaction with life when they are satisfied with their jobs, with their social environment, and with themselves. Also, independent of their life situations, individuals with higher emotional intelligence tend to feel higher life satisfaction. It remains unclear, however, the question of whether personal experiences and personality traits interact. This paper, therefore, examines the hypotheses that: 1) Life satisfaction is predicted by the satisfaction experienced in specific domains such as: job, social environment, and self, and by emotional intelligence. 2) Emotional intelligence moderates the relation between the satisfaction experienced in those three context-specific areas and the general satisfaction with life. To test these hypotheses, we surveyed 2,233 adults and university post-graduate students participanting in various courses in Cataluña and Aragón. Regression analysis showed that the three context-specific dimensions of satisfaction and emotional intelligence explain 54% of life satisfaction. Emotional intelligence moderated the relation between satisfaction with self and life satisfaction, and between satisfaction with the social environment and life satisfaction.Asociación de Análisis del Comportamiento2016info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/165167Articles publicats en revistes (Mètodes d'Investigació i Diagnòstic en Educació)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://www.ijpsy.com/volumen16/num2/438.htmlInternational Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 2016, vol. 16, num. 2, p. 131-140(c) Asociación de Análisis del Comportamiento, 2016info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1651672026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Does Emotional Intelligence Moderate the Relationship between Satisfaction in Specific Domains and Life Satisfaction?
title Does Emotional Intelligence Moderate the Relationship between Satisfaction in Specific Domains and Life Satisfaction?
spellingShingle Does Emotional Intelligence Moderate the Relationship between Satisfaction in Specific Domains and Life Satisfaction?
Pérez Escoda, Núria
Intel·ligència emocional
Satisfacció
Satisfacció en el treball
Previsió
Emotional intelligence
Satisfaction
Job satisfaction
Forecasting
title_short Does Emotional Intelligence Moderate the Relationship between Satisfaction in Specific Domains and Life Satisfaction?
title_full Does Emotional Intelligence Moderate the Relationship between Satisfaction in Specific Domains and Life Satisfaction?
title_fullStr Does Emotional Intelligence Moderate the Relationship between Satisfaction in Specific Domains and Life Satisfaction?
title_full_unstemmed Does Emotional Intelligence Moderate the Relationship between Satisfaction in Specific Domains and Life Satisfaction?
title_sort Does Emotional Intelligence Moderate the Relationship between Satisfaction in Specific Domains and Life Satisfaction?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pérez Escoda, Núria
Alegre, Albert
author Pérez Escoda, Núria
author_facet Pérez Escoda, Núria
Alegre, Albert
author_role author
author2 Alegre, Albert
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Intel·ligència emocional
Satisfacció
Satisfacció en el treball
Previsió
Emotional intelligence
Satisfaction
Job satisfaction
Forecasting
topic Intel·ligència emocional
Satisfacció
Satisfacció en el treball
Previsió
Emotional intelligence
Satisfaction
Job satisfaction
Forecasting
description Research has shown that individuals experience higher satisfaction with life when they are satisfied with their jobs, with their social environment, and with themselves. Also, independent of their life situations, individuals with higher emotional intelligence tend to feel higher life satisfaction. It remains unclear, however, the question of whether personal experiences and personality traits interact. This paper, therefore, examines the hypotheses that: 1) Life satisfaction is predicted by the satisfaction experienced in specific domains such as: job, social environment, and self, and by emotional intelligence. 2) Emotional intelligence moderates the relation between the satisfaction experienced in those three context-specific areas and the general satisfaction with life. To test these hypotheses, we surveyed 2,233 adults and university post-graduate students participanting in various courses in Cataluña and Aragón. Regression analysis showed that the three context-specific dimensions of satisfaction and emotional intelligence explain 54% of life satisfaction. Emotional intelligence moderated the relation between satisfaction with self and life satisfaction, and between satisfaction with the social environment and life satisfaction.
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