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. 2019 May 16;16(10):1720.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph16101720.

Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Well-Being in Adolescents

Joan Guerra-Bustamante  1 , Benito León-Del-Barco  2 , Rocío Yuste-Tosina  3 , Víctor M López-Ramos  4 , Santiago Mendo-Lázaro  5
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Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Well-Being in Adolescents

Joan Guerra-Bustamante et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

The present study aimed to analyze the association between of the dimensions of emotional intelligence (attention, clarity, and repair) and different levels of perceived happiness (low, medium, and high) in adolescents. The sample consists of 646 students in the first, second, third, and fourth years of Secondary Education, 47.5% females and 52.5% males, between 12 and 17 years of age. The instruments used were the Spanish version of the Trait Meta Mood Scale-24 Questionnaire to measure perceived emotional intelligence and the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire. Multinomial logistic regression analysis and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis were performed. The results suggest that as the capacity of understanding and regulation of emotional intelligence increases, happiness also increases. Adolescence is seen as an ideal time in life to encourage the development of emotional capacities that contribute to the greater happiness of individuals. In this way, the present study stresses the need to carry out practices leading to improvements in the adolescents' emotional intelligence and therefore increase their happiness and emotional well-being.

Keywords: adolescent; emotional intelligence; happiness; well-being.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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ROC curve for the TMMS-24 dimensions predicting the presence of high happiness.
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