RT Generic
T1 Dataset_EI_Age in Unemployed.
A1 Gómez-Hombrados, Jorge
A1 Extremera-Pacheco, Natalio
K1 Inteligencia emocional
K1 Depresión mental  - Síntomas
K1 Jóvenes - Salud mental
K1 Desempleo - Aspectos psicológicos
K1 Felicidad
K1 Edad
AB The main goal of this study was to examine the moderating role of age in the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and mental health indicators among unemployed individuals. A sample of 401 unemployed participants were evaluated in EI, depressive symptoms, happiness. Moderation analyses showed that age moderated the relationship between EI and depressive symptoms, after controlling gender and length of unemployment, showing a stronger association among younger participants with lower EI abilities. However, this pattern was not found for happiness. These findings address knowledge gaps regarding age-EI interactions within mental health contexts and age's moderating effect in unemployment stage. Also, it is highlighted the importance of developing targeted EI training interventions to mitigate the negative mental health effects of unemployment, especially among vulnerable demographic groups like young unemployed individuals.
PB Universidad de Málaga
YR 2024
FD 2024-05-03
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/31198
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/31198
LA eng
NO This research was supported by PAIDI Group CTS-1048 (Junta de Andalucía), the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (PID2020-117006RB-I00), and Spanish Ministry of Universities (FPU21/02323).
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026