Emotional Intelligence and Personality as Predictors of Psychological Well-Being

Autor/inn/en	James, Colin; Bore, Miles; Zito, Susanna
Titel	Emotional Intelligence and Personality as Predictors of Psychological Well-Being
Quelle	In: Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 30 (2012) 4, S.425-438 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0734-2829
DOI	10.1177/0734282912449448
Schlagwörter	Personality Traits; Well Being; Lawyers; Emotional Intelligence; Drinking; Depression (Psychology); Coping; Life Satisfaction; Emotional Disturbances; Predictor Variables; Law Students; Mental Disorders; Measures (Individuals); Correlation; Self Esteem; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Scores; Neurosis; Foreign Countries; Mental Health; Australia; Brief Symptom Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Lawyer; Rechtsanwalt; Emotionale Intelligenz; Trinken; Bewältigung; Lebensvollendung; Gefühlsstörung; Prädiktor; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Messdaten; Korrelation; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Neurose; Ausland; Psychohygiene; Australien
Abstract	Research studies have reported elevated rates of psychological distress (e.g., depression) in practicing lawyers yet little research has examined predictors of such problems in law students. Specific personality traits have been shown to be predictors of a range of psychological problems. We administered a battery of tests to a cohort of 1st-year law students (n = 150) and measured the Big Five personality traits and emotional intelligence (EI) to examine their relationships to psychological well-being as indicated by coping styles, satisfaction with life, performance-based self-esteem (PBSE), Global Severity Index (GSI) scores from the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), depression, and alcohol use. We found that whereas EI was significantly related to three of the five well-being variables, the Big Five personality factor of neuroticism was found to be a stronger predictor of well-being. The findings suggest that EI does not account for additional variance in well-being over personality. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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