Abstract
Past research has often focused on the effects of emotional intelligence and received social support on subjective well-being yet paid limited attention to the effects of provided social support. This study adopted a longitudinal design to examine the sequential mediating effects of provided and received social support on the relationship between trait emotional intelligence and subjective happiness. A total of 214 Hong Kong Chinese undergraduates were asked to complete two assessments with a 6-month interval in between. The results of the sequential mediation analysis indicated that the trait emotional intelligence measured in Time 1 indirectly influenced the level of subjective happiness in Time 2 through a sequential pathway of social support provided for others in Time 1 and social support received from others in Time 2. These findings highlight the importance of trait emotional intelligence and the reciprocal exchanges of social support in the subjective well-being of university students.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 478-486 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | International Journal of Psychology |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 3 Apr 2018 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 2019 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Emotional intelligence
- Provided social support
- Received social support
- Subjective happiness
- Happiness
- Hong Kong
- Humans
- Social Support
- Male
- Universities
- Young Adult
- Emotional Intelligence/physiology
- Asian Continental Ancestry Group
- Adult
- Female
- Students/psychology
- Longitudinal Studies