Mediating Role of Emotional Quotient in the Relationship between Life Satisfaction and Resilience

Year 2019, Volume: 8 Issue: 3, 1559 - 1576, 30.09.2019

Mehmet Taşkırmaz Canan Gamze Bal

https://doi.org/10.15869/itobiad.558101

Abstract

The
study investigates the mediating role of emotional quotient in the relationship
between life satisfaction and resilience. Many studies in the literature
indicate that a person’s life satisfaction is correlated with resilience level.
Also, many authors have reported that emotional quotient is positively
associated with life satisfaction and resilience. Structural equation modeling
has been designed to reveal the relationship between life satisfaction,
resilience and emotional quotient. Study data were obtained from the students
receiving education in Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam
University, Faculty
of Economics and Administrative Sciences. As predicted from the previous
studies, it was determined that life satisfaction was positively correlated
with resilience in a statistically significant way. Furthermore, it was
revealed that emotional quotient mediated the relationship between life
satisfaction and resilience. According to the results, the study provides
considerably useful implications for the parties concerned.

Keywords

Life Satisfaction, Subjective Well-Being, Resilience, Emotional Quotient, EQ, Adaptive Responses

Yaşam Doyumu ve Yılmazlık Arasındaki İlişkide Duygusal Zekanın Aracı Rolü

Abstract

Bu çalışma, yaşam doyumu ve
yılmazlık arasındaki ilişkide duygusal zekanın aracı rolünü araştırmaktadır. Birçok
çalışmada; kişinin yaşam doyumun[h1] [M2] un, yılmazlık seviyesiyle ilişkili olduğunu
belirtmektedir. Ayrıca, çok sayıda yazar; duygusal zekanın, yaşam doyumu ve
yılmazlıkla pozitif ilişkili olduğunu bildirmiştir. Yaşam doyumu, yılmazlık ve
duygusal zeka arasındaki ilişkiyi ortaya çıkarmak için yapısal eşitlik
modellemesi tasarlandı. Araştırma verileri, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi
İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi öğrencilerinden elde edildi. Önceki
çalışmalar doğrultusunda tahmin edildiği gibi yaşam doyumunun, yılmazlıkla istatistiksel
olarak anlamlı pozitif ilişkili olduğu tespit edildi. Buna ilaveten, duygusal
zekanın, yaşam doyumu ve yılmazlık arasındaki ilişkide aracı rolünün bulunduğu
açığa çıkarıldı. Sonuçların sentezinde; bu çalışmanın, ilgili taraflar
açısından oldukça faydalı çıkarımlar yansıttığı ifade edilmiştir.

Keywords

Yaşam Doyum, Yılmazlık, Duygusal Zeka, Öznel İyi Oluş, EQ, Uyarlayıcı Tepkiler

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