Annalsof Psychophysiology
Annalsof Psychophysiology
Original Article
The Relationship of Emotional Intelligence
and Life Satisfaction with Resilience in
Students
Shakir Ali, Saima Masoom Ali & Asbah Zia
Department of Psychology, University of Karachi, Karachi-Pakistan
Abstract
Background: This paper aims to investigate the strength of the relationship
between Emotional Intelligence and Life Satisfaction with Resilience among
Citation: Ali S, Ali SM, Zia A. The college students living in Turbat, Balochistan, Pakistan.
Relationship of Emotional Intelligence and Methodology: Inform consent was taken from the participants before using a
Life Satisfaction with Resilience in purposive sampling technique. They were categorized into two groups: one
Students. APP. 2023; 10(1): 12-20
hundred males (n = 100) and one hundred females (n = 100). The participants were
Corresponding Author Email: selected from Government Boys Degree College, Government Girls Degree
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College of Turbat, and the University of Turbat, District Kech, Balochistan. After
DOI: 10.29052/2412-3188.v10.i1.2022.12- obtaining consent, the following questionnaires were administered: a
20 Demographic Sheet, Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test (SREIT), Satisfaction
Received 16/03/2023 With Life Scale (SWLS), and Trait Resilience Checklist (TRC).
Results: The results of this study verified that Emotional Intelligence and life
Accepted 26/05/2023
satisfaction with resilience have a positive correlation. Finally, recommendations
Published 01/06/2023 and limitations have been put forward according to the study results.
Conclusion: Our study has demonstrated a strong positive relationship between
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Keywords
Emotional Intelligence, Life Satisfaction, Resilience.
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thanked all the participants for their coefficient was utilized to assess the
valuable contribution and commitment to relationship between variables.
the investigation.
Result
Proposed Analysis
Table 1 shows the number and percentage of
The SPSS 22.0 was used for statistical
males and females with their ages and
analysis. The parametric data were analyzed
by using a t-test. The Pearson correlation qualifications.
The average EIS of the males was recorded as 122.56 with a standard deviation of 13.796 as
compared with the average EIS of Females as 125.80 with a standard deviation equal to 14.754,
indicating that the females had a higher EI average than Males with a slightly higher variability.
The trait resilience checklist computed for males and females gave means of 65.94 and 65.14 with
standard deviations of 8.96 and 11.21, respectively, which indicated that males exhibited more
trait resilience than females. An average of 21.16 with a standard deviation of 5.31 compared with
the average of 23.06 with a standard deviation equal to 3.94 showed that females had more
satisfaction with life than males (Table 2).
Table 2: Average and standard deviation of Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS), Trait
Resilience Checklist (TRC), and Satisfaction With Life (SWLS).
Male (n=100) Female (n=100)
Variables
Mean ± S. D Mean ± S. D
Emotional Intelligence Scale
122.56 ± 13.796 125.80 ± 14.754
Trait Resilience Checklist 65.94 ± 8.961 65.14 ± 11.214
Satisfaction With Life 21.16 ± 5.312 23.06 ± 3.935
TRC 1 0.188
SWL 1
*N=200
**EI=Emotional Intelligence, TRC=Trait Resilience Checklist, SWL=Satisfaction with Life * = P < 0.05
Multiple regression analysis was run to check the impact of emotional intelligence and life
satisfaction on resilience. Emotional intelligence, with a coefficient of 0.231 and a p-value of
0.000, indicated a significant impact on resilience. In other words, when emotional intelligence
increases by one unit, the resilience changes by 0.231. life satisfaction, too, gave a coefficient of
0.463 with a p-value of 0.007, indicating that when life satisfaction increased by one unit,
resilience would increase by 0.463 units. In summary, emotional intelligence and life satisfaction
significantly increase resilience in both males and females (Table 4).
Table 4: Regression analysis of the impact of emotional intelligence and life satisfaction on
resilience.
Unstandardized Standardized t Sig. 95% CI for B
Coefficients Coefficients
Model
B Std. Beta Lower Upper
Error Bound Bound
Constant 27.492 8.506 3.232 .002 10.610 44.373
Emotional
.231 .061 .347 3.766 .000 .109 .352
Intelligence
Life
.463 .168 .253 2.748 .007 .129 .797
Satisfaction
*Dependent Variable: Resilience