Emotional intelligence is a growing area of behavioural research; it recently grabbed the
attention of some of the major organisations worldwide.
The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between wellness and
emotional intelligence in order to develop a structural model of psychological well-being.
The following constructs were looked at, Optimism, Sense of Coherence, Life
Satisfaction, Emotional Intelligence are all seen as good indicators of Psychological well-being.
A cross-sectional design was used for this study. The participants (N=324) were students
within the field of economic science. The Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale, the Life
Orientation Test Revised, the Satisfaction with Life Scale and the Orientation to Life
scale were administered.
Using a principal component analysis, a six-dimension factor structure for emotional
intelligence among students emerged, explaining 45,24% of the variance. These factors
were labelled positive affect, emotions-others, happy emotions, emotions-own, nonverbal
emotions and emotional control.
The most significant correlations found in this study was that Sense of Coherence is
significantly positively related to Emotions Management and Life Satisfaction and
significantly positively related to Emotions-Own, Happy Emotions, Positive Affect and
Optimism. Sense of Coherence was negatively related to Pessimism. Emotions
Management is significantly positively related to Emotions-Own, Happy Emotions,
Positive Affect, Optimism and Life Satisfaction. Positive affect is significantly positively related to Optimism. Pessimism is significantly negatively related to Life Satisfaction.
Optimism is significantly positively related to Life Satisfaction.
After conducting a second factor analysis on the factors of the SEIS, LOT-R, SOC and
SWLS, two factors were extracted, namely interpersonal and intrapersonal mastery.
Using these factors, along with the results of the product-moment correlations, a
psychological well-being model was designed and compiled.
The results showed that Interpersonal mastery consisted of Positive Affect, Emotional
Management, Sense of Coherence, Life Satisfaction and Optimism. Intrapersonal mastery
consisted of Emotions-Others, Emotions-Own, Happy Emotions and Non-Verbal
Emotions. It is evident from the above that the psychological well-being model consisted
of intrapersonal mastery and environmental mastery.
Recommendations for future research were made. / Thesis (M.A. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/1389 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Jansen, Karina |
| Publisher | North-West University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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