RT Journal Article
T1 Systematic review and meta-analysis: The association between emotional intelligence and subjective well-being in adolescents
A1 Llamas-Díaz, Desirée
A1 Cabello-González, Rosario
A1 Megías-Robles, Alberto
A1 Fernández-Berrocal, Pablo
K1 Adolescentes -- Psicología
AB IntroductionEmotional intelligence (EI) is a psychological protective factor that can improve subjective well-being (WB) in adolescents. This study aims to establish the overall relationship between different EI models (performance-based ability model, self-report ability model, and self-report mixed model) and subjective WB in adolescents, analyze the affective WB and cognitive WB components, and examine the moderating effect of EI models on both types of subjective WB.MethodWe searched PsycINFO and WOS databases. Eligible studies reported an association between EI and subjective WB in adolescents aged 10–19 years using instruments that directly measure subjective WB. In addition, two meta-analyses were conducted, one for the relationship between EI and affective WB and the other for EI and cognitive WB.ResultsA total of 41 studies were included, of which 37 were pooled in the meta-analyses. We found a significant positive relationship between EI and affective WB (estimated effect size = 0.35) and between EI and cognitive WB (estimated effect size = 0.27). Regarding EI models, self-report ability showed an estimated effect size of 0.33 for affective WB and 0.27 for cognitive WB. For the self-report mixed model, we obtained an estimated effect size of 0.42 for affective WB and 0.37 for cognitive WB.ConclusionsEstablishing a quantitative relationship between EI and subjective WB makes it possible to implement clinical and educational prevention measures. Introducing EI training in educational and clinical settings can increase subjective WB, significantly impacting the prevention of emotional disorders in adolescents.
PB Wiley
YR 2022
FD 2022-07-20
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/24823
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/24823
LA eng
NO Llamas-Díaz, D., Cabello, R., Megías-Robles, A., & Fernández-Berrocal, P. (2022). Systematic review and meta-analysis: The association between emotional intelligence and subjective well-being in adolescents. Journal of Adolescence, 1– 14. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12075
NO This study was partially supported by project: UMA18- FEDERJA-114 (to P.F-B. and R.C.) and funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (FPU2019). Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga/CBUA.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 4 mar 2026