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Ability Emotional Intelligence Predicts Quality of Life beyond Personality, Affectivity, and Cognitive Intelligence

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The current study explored the incremental validity of the ability emotional intelligence test to predict suicidal ideation (a subjective indicator of Quality of Life) beyond the ‘Big Five’ personality dimensions, affectivity, and general cognitive ability in a sample of 184 university students (mean age 29.50 years). Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that after controlling for demographic variables, the Big Five personality traits, affectivity, and the cognitive intelligence, the block of ability emotional intelligence scores explained a statistically significant increment of variance in suicidal ideation. It is noteworthy that the predictive power of the ability emotional intelligence appeared to be mostly due to the contribution of its two branch scores–regulation of emotion and understanding of emotion. Findings are discussed with reference to emotional intelligence theory and suicidal behaviors.

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Karim, J., Shah, S.H. Ability Emotional Intelligence Predicts Quality of Life beyond Personality, Affectivity, and Cognitive Intelligence. Applied Research Quality Life 9, 733–747 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-013-9267-1

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