Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, Self-Esteem, and Life Satisfaction in Spanish Adolescents: Regression vs. QCA Models

Frontiers in Psychology

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Marian Guasp Coll¹  Diego Navarro-Mateu¹  María Del Carmen Giménez-Espert²  Vicente Javier Prado-Gascó³ 

[1] Faculty of Teaching and Educational Sciences, Catholic University of Valencia;Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Chiropody, University of Valencia;Social Psychology Department, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia

关键词: adolescent;    emotional intelligence;    empathy;    life satisfaction;    qualitative comparative analysis;    regression models;    self-esteem;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01629

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Adolescence is a complex period, in which the individual is subject to profound emotional, physical, and psychological changes. Healthy development during adolescence is crucial for future positive development; self-esteem and life satisfaction are fundamental. The importance of sociodemographic variables (sex and age), empathy, and emotional intelligence (EI) on self-esteem and life satisfaction was studied, comparing complementary methodologies, regression models, and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) models. This is a cross-sectional design in a convenience sample of 991 adolescents (528 females, 53.3%; aged between 12 and 19 years; M = 14.01, SD = 1.40) from Spanish schools. Data were collected using the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS), the Basic Empathy Scale (BES), and Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS)24. The results of the regression models suggest that cognitive empathy, emotional clarity, and emotional repair are the main predictor variables for self-esteem. Meanwhile, the results of the fsQCA suggest that being older and low levels of cognitive empathy, emotional clarity, and emotional repair predict higher levels of self-esteem. On the other hand, life satisfaction in regression models is significantly predicted by the emotional clarity and emotional repair dimensions of the TMMS24 and self-esteem. Meanwhile, in the prediction of life satisfaction, the results of the fsQCA suggest that the most important interactions were high emotional clarity, emotional repair, and low self-esteem. As research has already shown, promoting empathy and EI leads to higher levels of self-esteem and life satisfaction.

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