Positive emotions, self-esteem, interpersonal relationships and social support as mediators between emotional intelligence and life satisfaction

This study aims to identify the mediation function of the variables of positive emotions, self-esteem, interpersonal relationships, and social support between emotional intelligence and life satisfaction. This is the first study that analyzed, with Latin-American population, the mediating effect of...

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Autores: Norma Alicia Ruvalcaba-Romero, Pablo Fernández-Berrocal, José Guadalupe Salazar-Estrada, Julia Gallegos-Guajardo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:México
Institución:Universidad de Monterrey
Repositorio:Redalyc-UDEM
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:282255143002
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=282255143002
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Psicología
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Sumario:This study aims to identify the mediation function of the variables of positive emotions, self-esteem, interpersonal relationships, and social support between emotional intelligence and life satisfaction. This is the first study that analyzed, with Latin-American population, the mediating effect of these variables in a simultaneous manner. The sample was comprised by 417 Mexican youth, ages between 18 and 21 years old, that completed the TMMS-24 scale and some subtests of the WHOQOL100. The results of the structural equation modeling showed that emotional clarity plays a predictive role over positive emotions and self-esteem, while emotional repair influences positive emotions and a greater satisfaction with interpersonal relationships. In the same manner, positive emotions, self-esteem, and interpersonal relationships together are those that contribute with 50% of the variance for life satisfaction. © 2017 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Asociación Mexicana de Comportamiento y Salud. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)