Pathways between Ability Emotional Intelligence and Subjective Well-Being: Bridging Links through Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies

Natalio Extremera, Nicolás Sánchez-Álvarez and Lourdes Rey
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Natalio Extremera: Department of Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain
Nicolás Sánchez-Álvarez: Department of Basic Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain
Lourdes Rey: Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment, Faculty of Psychology, University of Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 5, 1-11

Abstract: Based on a primary prevention perspective, the main purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between ability emotional intelligence, cognitive emotion regulation strategies, and well-being indicators (e.g., psychological well-being and satisfaction with life), controlling for sociodemographic variables and personality traits in our analyses. Three hundred and seventy-eight college students (123 males; 252 females; 3 unreported) participated voluntarily in this study. We predicted that ability emotional intelligence would be significantly and positively correlated with well-being outcomes, and that cognitive emotion regulation strategies would mediate the associations between ability emotional intelligence and well-being, controlling for sociodemographic and personality traits. Structural equation modelling estimated by bootstrap method indicated that two adaptive cognitive coping strategies were found to act as partial mediators between ability emotional intelligence and well-being indicators. Our findings provide preliminary support for theoretical work linking ability emotional intelligence, cognitive emotion regulation strategies, and well-being outcomes, and contribute to the understanding of how ability emotional intelligence is related to subjective well-being via specific cognitive emotion regulation strategies in college students.

Keywords: ability emotional intelligence; cognitive emotion regulation strategies; mediators; well-being; coping (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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