title: Emotional intelligence and self-efficacy: effects on psychological well-being in college students.
abstract: The present paper examined the role of perceived emotional intelligence-EI- (measured by adaptations of the Trait Meta-Mood Scale - TMMS, Salovey, Mayer, Goldman, Turvey, & Palfai, 1995) as a predictor of life satisfaction and mental health. We explored the unique contribution of EI dimensions (Attention, Clarity and Repair) on individuals' psychological well-being, after controlling for the influence of general self-efficacy and socio-demographic variables (age, gender and culture). Data was collected from a sample of 1078 Spanish, Mexican, Portuguese and Brazilian undergraduate students (M(age) = 22.98; SD = 6.73) and analyzed using hierarchical multiple regressions. Results indicated that overall EI dimensions (especially Clarity and Repair) accounted for unique variance on psychological well-being above and beyond general self-efficacy and socio-demographic characteristics. These findings provide additional support for the validity of perceived EI, and suggests that EI components contribute to important well-being criteria independently from well-known constructs such as self-efficacy.
authors.affiliation: Universitat de València (Spain).
authors.forename: Hilda
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ripoll
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sánchez
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Carvalho
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001938:Brazil; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health / Q000208:ethnology; D008800:Mexico; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011174:Portugal; D012044:Regression Analysis; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013030:Spain; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult