Emotional Intelligence and Depressive Symptoms as Predictors of Happiness Among Adolescents
Emotional Intelligence and Depressive Symptoms as Predictors of Happiness Among Adolescents
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DOI：
10.17795/ijpbs-2268
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发表时间：
2015-12-01
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通讯作者：
Motalebi, Seyedeh
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作者：
Abdollahi, Abbas;Abu Talib, Mansor;Motalebi, Seyedeh
背景资料：鉴于幸福是一个重要的结构，使青少年能够更好地科普困难和压力的生活，这是必要的，以推进我们的知识可能的病因happyings.Objectives：本研究旨在探讨的关系，情绪智力，抑郁症状，幸福在一个样本的男学生在德黑兰，伊朗。材料和方法：这项横断面研究是2012年在德黑兰对高中生进行的抽样调查。研究对象为188名16 ~ 19岁的男大学生，采用多阶段整群抽样的方法进行调查。结果：高情绪智力水平与幸福感之间存在显著正相关（P <0.01），高情绪智力水平与幸福感之间存在显著正相关（P <0.01），高情绪智力水平与幸福感之间存在显著正相关（P < 0.01）。情绪智力水平低与不幸福感相关（P < 0.01），非抑郁症状与幸福感呈正相关（P < 0.05），重度抑郁症状与不幸福感呈正相关（P < 0.01）。高情绪智力（P < 0.01）和无抑郁症状（P < 0.05）是幸福感的最强预测因子。结论：这些发现加强了情绪智力作为幸福感促进因素的重要性。此外，研究结果表明，抑郁症状可能对青少年的幸福感有害。
Background: Given that happiness is an important construct to enable adolescents to cope better with difficulties and stress of life, it is necessary to advance our knowledge about the possible etiology of happiness in adolescents.Objectives: The present study sought to investigate the relationships of emotional intelligence, depressive symptoms, and happiness in a sample of male students in Tehran, Iran.Materials and Methods:This cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of high school students in Tehran in 2012. The participants comprised of 188 male students (aged 16 to 19 years old) selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method. For gathering the data, the students filled out assessing emotions scale, Beck depression inventory-II, and Oxford happiness inventory Data analysis was carried out using descriptive and analytical statistics in statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) software.Results: The findings showed that a significant positive association existed between high ability of emotional intelligence and happiness (P < 0.01). Conversely, the low ability of emotional intelligence was associated with unhappiness (P < 0.01), there was a positive association between non-depression symptoms and happiness (P < 0.05), and severe depressive symptoms were positively associated with unhappiness (P < 0.01). High ability of emotional intelligence (P < 0.01) and non-depression symptoms (P < 0.05) were the strongest predictors of happiness.Conclusions: These findings reinforced the importance of emotional intelligence as a facilitating factor for happiness in adolescences. In addition, the findings suggested that depression symptoms may be harmful for happiness in adolescents.