Trait Emotional Intelligence as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Psychological Distress and Satisfaction with Life

Title
Trait Emotional Intelligence as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Psychological Distress and Satisfaction with Life
Publication Date
2012
Author(s)
Bhullar, Navjot
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1616-6094
Email: nbhulla2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:nbhulla2
Schutte, Nicola
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3294-7659
Email: nschutte@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:nschutte
Malouff, John M
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Individual Differences Association
Place of publication
United States of America
UNE publication id
une:12278
Abstract
This research examined the extent to which psychological distress is associated with satisfaction with life, and investigated whether trait emotional intelligence moderates this relationship. In a broad-based international sample of 370 adults, psychological distress predicted satisfaction with life after controlling for age, gender, country of origin, and trait emotional intelligence. Trait emotional intelligence was related to lower levels of psychological distress and greater life satisfaction. The relationship between psychological distress and life satisfaction was moderated by trait emotional intelligence. Trait emotional intelligence may act as an adaptive coping resource in that the negative association between psychological distress and life satisfaction became significantly weaker for respondents with high trait emotional intelligence.
Link
Citation
Individual Differences Research, 10(1), p. 19-26
ISSN
1541-745X
Start page
19
End page
26

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