“…In the current study, EI is conceptualized from the ability model developed by Mayer et al (2008) , which is defined as a mental ability for perceiving, understanding, regulating, and using one’s own and others’ emotions in thinking and action. Research literature suggests that emotionally intelligent people with higher EI also show more positive mood, higher levels of life satisfaction, well-being, flourishing, better psychological adjustment, and lower levels of psychological stress across different samples (e.g., Chu, 2010 ; Su and Reeve, 2011 ; Szczygieł and Mikolajczak, 2017 ; Mérida-López and Extremera, 2020 ; Karapetyan, 2021 ).…”