Emotional Intelligence, Life Satisfaction, and Psychological Well-Being in Graduates: the Mediating Effect of Perceived Stress

Urquijo, Itziar; Extremera, Natalio; Sánchez, Aurelio Villa

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“…Furthermore, perceived psychological stress factors, perceived helplessness and perceived selfefficacy, fully mediate the relationship between POS and mental health of humanitarian volunteers.The dual continua model of mental health is confirmed, with two distinguished constructs of adverse mental health and mental well-being. Perceived psychological stress was, however, associated with them both, consistent with previous research (Lee et al, 2013;Urquijo, Extremera, & Villa, 2016). Specifically, perceived helplessness was associated with both positive and negative mental health, whereas perceived selfefficacy was associated with only positive mental health (i.e.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

Caring for the mental health of humanitarian volunteers in traumatic contexts: the importance of organisational support

Aldamman

Tamrakar

Dinesen³

et al. 2019

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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Background: Humanitarian workers operate in traumatic contexts, putting them at an increased risk of adverse mental health outcomes. The quality of the support they receive from their organization, their supervisor, and team members are proposed as determinants of mental illness and well-being, via the stress-appraisal process. Objective: Grounded in organizational support theory, we sought to understand the relationship between organizational factors, including perceived organizational support, supervisor support, and team support, and indicators of both adverse mental health and mental well-being among humanitarian volunteers. This relationship is hypothesized to be mediated by the perceived psychological stress. Methods: A sample of 409 humanitarian volunteers from the Sudanese Red Crescent Society completed an online, anonymous, survey comprised of the Perceived Supervision, Perceived Organizational Support, Team Support, and Perceived Psychological Stress scales, as well as the Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Patient Health Questionnaire scales, (GAD-7 and PHQ-8), and the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale. Study objectives were tested using structural equation modelling (SEM) procedures. Results: Perceived helplessness (PH) and perceived self-efficacy (PSE), as measures of psychological stress, were both found to fully mediate the relationship between perceived organizational support and mental health outcomes. Perceived organizational support was associated with PSE and inversely with PH. PH was associated with adverse mental health and inversely related to mental well-being. PSE was only associated with mental well-being. Perceived supervision was negatively associated with PSE. Conclusions: Perceived organizational support is a key determinant of the mental health of humanitarian volunteers, with greater perceived support associated with lower distress symptomology and greater mental well-being. Humanitarian agencies should take actions to improve their internal organization support systems to mitigate the stress associated with working in traumatic contexts. Specifically, more attention should be paid to the organizational support of the volunteers as front-line workers in humanitarian settings. Cuidando la salud mental de los voluntarios humanitarios en contextos traumáticos: La importancia del apoyo organizacional Antecedentes: Los trabajadores humanitarios operan en contextos traumáticos, lo que los pone en un mayor riesgo de resultados adversos para la salud mental. La calidad del apoyo que reciben de su organización, su supervisor, y los miembros del equipo han sido propuestos como determinantes importantes de las enfermedades mentales y el bienestar, a través del proceso de evaluación del estrés. Objetivo: Basados en la teoría del apoyo organizacional, buscamos comprender la relación entre los factores organizacionales, incluyendo el apoyo organizacional percibido, el apoyo del supervisor, y el apoyo del equipo, y los indicadores de salud mental adversa y bienestar mental entre los volunta...

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

Caring for the mental health of humanitarian volunteers in traumatic contexts: the importance of organisational support

Aldamman

Tamrakar

Dinesen³

et al. 2019

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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“…Emotional intelligence plays a role in making a more proper decision when dealing with sources of stress which indirectly affects psychological well-being. This finding was supported by the findings of Mehmood and Gulzar (2014), Raina and Bakshi (2013) and Urquijo, Extremera, and Villa (2015) who concur that students with positive emotional intelligence also have good psychological well-being. According to Mayer and Salovey (1993) individuals who have good emotional intelligence, know their emotions, can control and manage their emotions so as not to negatively affect themselves during life's challenges.…”

Section: The Influence Of Emotional Intelligence On Psychological Welsupporting

confidence: 64%

Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Well-Being of Rural Poor School Students In Sabah, Malaysia

Rathakrishnan

Sanu

Yahaya

et al. 2019

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Mental health disorders are major causes of disability to those affected, their families and the wider society. Absence of mental illness, or ambitiously, the presence of psychological well-being is key to the optimal functioning of individuals, for them to lead fuller lives and essential for them to contribute actively to society. Some studies have explored the links between psychological well-being and emotional intelligence. However, no such study has focussed on rural, and more often than not, poor students. Our study looked at the effects of emotional intelligence on the psychological well-being of rural poor students in Sabah, Malaysia. It was a cross-sectional study of 430 students. We found that 73% and 90% of the rural students rated their emotional intelligence and psychological well-being as moderate respectively. Regression analysis showed that emotional intelligence could predict one’s psychological well-being. We suggest further research into the differences between school students and school dropouts, and between urban and rural poor students.

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“…Although, in a study by Augusto Landa et al, 61 different components of emotional intelligence (emotions clarity and emotional repair) explained a small percentage of the variance (1%) of life satisfaction, there is a growing range of empirical evidence which suggests that individuals with higher emotional intelligence tend to manage their emotions better, which translates into higher life satisfaction. 62,63 Moreover, emotional intelligence was found to be connected with a range of outcomes that in a wide sense can be considered as relating to quality of life. 64 For example, emotional intelligence contributed to life and work satisfaction among teachers 65 and was a significant predictor of life satisfaction in students.…”

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confidence: 99%

<p>Family Functioning and Life Satisfaction: The Mediatory Role of Emotional Intelligence</p>

Szczęśniak¹,

Tułecka²

2020

PRBM

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Background: The functioning of the family of origin seems to be one of the key variables that contribute to life satisfaction. Since relationships with one's parents are associated with well-being throughout life, the purpose of our study was to examine the association between family functioning and life satisfaction among Polish adults. Moreover, because some researchers postulate that family functioning affects quality of life directly as well as indirectly through some other variables, we focused on investigating how emotional intelligence might affect the link between family functioning and life satisfaction, as the character of this relationship has received surprisingly little attention. Patients, Methods and Data Collection:The sample consisted of 204 participants (86% women). We measured family functioning, satisfaction with life, and emotional intelligence. The data were collected using online forums through convenience sampling on the basis of availability and the willingness of the participants to respond. Results: The results showed that both life satisfaction and emotional intelligence correlated positively and significantly with cohesion, flexibility, communication, and family satisfaction. Life satisfaction correlated negatively and significantly with enmeshed, disengaged, and chaotic functioning. In contrast, emotional intelligence correlated negatively and significantly only with chaotic and disengaged functioning. Moreover, emotional intelligence partially mediated the relationship between six dimensions of family functioning (cohesion, flexibility, communication, family satisfaction, disengagement, and chaos) and life satisfaction. Conclusion: Our findings provide evidence of an indirect association between family functioning and life satisfaction through the mediating role of emotional intelligence. They indicate that individuals who evaluate their family functioning as cohesive, flexible, communicative, and fulfilled, are more likely to process their own emotions and enjoy higher life satisfaction. Conversely, assessment of family of origin as disengaged and chaotic may diminish the ability to manage one's own emotions, which, in turn, can lead to lower life satisfaction.

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Emotional Intelligence, Life Satisfaction, and Psychological Well-Being in Graduates: the Mediating Effect of Perceived Stress

Cited by 77 publications

References 60 publications

Caring for the mental health of humanitarian volunteers in traumatic contexts: the importance of organisational support

Caring for the mental health of humanitarian volunteers in traumatic contexts: the importance of organisational support

Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Well-Being of Rural Poor School Students In Sabah, Malaysia

<p>Family Functioning and Life Satisfaction: The Mediatory Role of Emotional Intelligence</p>

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