Emotional Intelligence, Core-Self Evaluation, and Life Satisfaction

Abstract

In this study it is aimed to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence, core self evaluation and life satisfaction of college students and to determine whether emotional intelligence and core self evaluation predict life satisfaction or not. Study was carried out in accordance with relational survey model. The study group contains the students with age ranges vary from 17 to 21. The study group includes the university students of Duzce University's (Turkey) different classes of Faculty of Education, Health Faculty, Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Management whose ages range from 17 to 21, 101 of whom are males (31.7%), 218 of whom are females (68.3%), 319 in total, selected with cluster sampling method randomly, and participate in the study voluntarily. In the study, The Life Satisfaction Scale, Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire-SF and The Core-Self Evaluation Scale was used. In the consequence of the analysis, it was observed that, there were significant relations between emotional intelligence, core-self evaluation and life satisfaction. Emotional intelligence and core-self evaluation clarify 34% of variance in life satisfaction.

Health Workers' Emotional Intelligence Development: An Examination of the Potential Roles of Tenure, Education and Training

“…Ozer et al, 2016;Bowen et al, 2016). Particularly in the healthcare sector, a confirmation of the positive effect of EI on healthcare quality delivery and the performance of health workers has been consistent.…”

“…Self-awareness is having sufficiently deep understanding of one's emotions, strengths, weaknesses, needs and drives (Goleman, 1998;Ozer et al, 2016). This understanding is fundamental to deciphering the psychological and emotional conditions of others.…”

“…A self-motivated health worker will therefore thrive on his or her job no matter the challenges faced. Social awareness is the ability to thoughtfully consider others' feelings when interacting or when relating with them (Goleman, 1995;Ozer et al, 2016). People with ample social awareness are not hasty in dissenting people's dispositions but rather take time to understand the basis of such dispositions and take empathetic actions in a manner that engenders happiness for themselves and those they interact with.…”

“…Theories of EI basically argue that EI is a cognitive skill that enables humans to succeed in these relationships. More interestingly, a plethora of studies (e.g., Brackett et al, 2004;Danquah and Wireko, 2014;Opuni et al, 2014;Kaur et al, 2015;Tyczkowski et al, 2015;Ozer et al, 2016) have confirmed that EI positively impacts everyday behavior and business performance indicators (e.g., job performance, service quality, customer satisfaction, etc. ), though some studies have not confirmed these effects (Farooq and Ur Rehman, 2011).…”

“…Particularly in the healthcare sector, a confirmation of the positive effect of EI on healthcare quality delivery and the performance of health workers has been consistent. Researchers (e.g., Freshman and Rubino, 2002;Kalyoncu et al, 2012;Nwankwo et al, 2013;Ozer et al, 2016) may therefore have a good reason to suggest the need for health workers to be equipped with EI to enhance healthcare quality and performance. In fact, the number of researchers who have been emphatic about similar suggestions in the literature is significantly large.…”