Pathways from emotional intelligence to well-being and health outcomes among unemployed: Mediation by health-promoting behaviours

Peláez-Fernández, María Ángeles; Rey, Lourdes; Extremera, Natalio

doi:10.1177/1359105320974431

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“…Compare to self-employed occupation, unemployed people were found negatively associated with spiritual growth. This is similar with other results among unemployed people [ 45 , 46 ]. Lastly, residents with higher monthly family incoming levels had significantly higher HPLP scores on nutrition, spiritual growth, interpersonal relations and stress management.…”

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Influence of health promoting lifestyle on health management intentions and behaviors among Chinese residents under the integrated healthcare system

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Background Health promoting lifestyle is an important influencing factor of individual health status. This study aims to assess the health promoting lifestyle of community residents in China, and explore its association with their health management intention and behaviors during the integrated healthcare system reform. Methods A total of 666 residents were recruited from six county level hospitals and 12 community health centers from July to August 2019 in Zhejiang Province, China. Health promoting lifestyle was measured by the Chinese version Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile-II scale (HPLP-II). Results The average total score of HPLP-II among our sample was 130.02±23.19. Among the six domains, interpersonal relationship had the highest average score (2.68±0.50), and physical activity scored the lowest (2.21±0.59). Total score of HPLP-II scale was negatively associated with being male (β = -0.13, p<0.01; Ref: female), positively associated with being students (β = 0.15, p<0.01; Ref: self-employed), and positively associated with a monthly per capita income of more than 8000 RMB (β = 0.15, p<0.01; Ref: less than 3000 RMB). The domain scores of HPLP-II were significantly correlated with residents’ health management intention and their behavior on following doctors’ advice or not. Conclusions The health promoting lifestyles of community residents in China are at moderate levels. Improving residents’ healthy lifestyle levels might be helpful for changing their health management intentions or behaviors.

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Influence of health promoting lifestyle on health management intentions and behaviors among Chinese residents under the integrated healthcare system

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“…Mediation analysis further showed that self-rated health partially mediated the relationship between Internet use and civil servants’ well-being; therefore, it indicated that Internet use affects civil servants’ self-rated health and, thus, their happiness. This study found that health has a significant positive correlation with both Internet use and happiness, with Internet use improving the health of civil servants and, subsequently, their happiness; this finding coincides with Ni and Pelaez-Fernandez [ 65 , 66 ]. This positive correlation can be attributed to the fact that information on health and medical care, online purchase of medications and other health-related queries are more easily accessible via the Internet, which influences their lifestyles, including eating habits and physical exercise.…”

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The Impact of Internet Use on the Happiness of Chinese Civil Servants: A Mediation Analysis Based on Self-Rated Health

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Ding

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With the rapid socioeconomic development of China, studies related to Internet use and civil servants’ happiness have become a research hotspot in Chinese academia. This study empirically analysed the impact of Internet use on the happiness of Chinese civil servants using a sample of 3793 civil servants in Hunan Province, China. It showed that Internet use significantly enhanced the subjective well-being of Chinese civil servants. Furthermore, heterogeneity analysis revealed significant heterogeneity in the effect of the Internet on civil servants’ happiness, which varied across civil service groups with different education and gender. Moreover, the effect of Internet use on the happiness of the male and better educated civil servant groups was more pronounced than in the female and less educated civil servant groups. Additionally, mediation analysis revealed that Internet use and the happiness of civil servants were not linear, with health having a significant mediating effect. This indicates that Internet use helps civil servants maintain good health, and thereby enhances the happiness of civil servants. In addition, we also use a propensity score matching model (PSM) to address the endogeneity problem due to sample selectivity bias. The results show that the estimates are more robust after eliminating sample selectivity bias. The effect of Internet use on civil servants’ subjective well-being would be underestimated if the sample selectivity bias is not removed.

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“…Specifically, there is general consensus, across different clinical and nonclinical samples and using different methodological approaches to EI measurement, that EI is negatively related to depression, suggesting that EI might be a protective factor against depression [ 13 , 23 ]. Specifically, recent research on unemployment and health has shown that EI plays a key role in reducing negative psychological symptoms associated with unemployment, including depression, and in boosting well-being [ 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 ].…”

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A Sequential Path Model Testing: Emotional Intelligence, Resilient Coping and Self-Esteem as Predictors of Depressive Symptoms during Unemployment

Peláez-Fernández

Rey

Extremera

2021

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The unemployment rate has dramatically increased in southern Europe in the last decade. Although it is well-known that unemployment impairs mental health, the specific roles of personal resources like emotional intelligence (EI) and potential underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Prior studies have shown that resilience and self-esteem are mediators in the link between EI and mental health. The present study aims to bridge these gaps by testing a sequential path model. Specifically, we propose that EI is associated with lower depressive symptoms, which is explained by higher resilient coping strategies and a resulting increased self-esteem among unemployed individuals. A sample of Spanish unemployed persons completed measures of EI, resilience, self-esteem and depression. The results showed that higher levels of EI were positively associated with resilience and self-esteem and negatively related to depressive symptoms. Path analyses showed that resilience and self-esteem mediated the relation between EI and depression in sequence. These findings suggest that EI plays a key role in promoting mental health and provide preliminary evidence regarding potential mechanisms through which EI contributes to mental health during unemployment. Implications for assessing the absence of these positive resources in developing effective job search programs geared toward promoting mental health and re-employment are discussed.

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Pathways from emotional intelligence to well-being and health outcomes among unemployed: Mediation by health-promoting behaviours

Cited by 14 publications

References 49 publications

Influence of health promoting lifestyle on health management intentions and behaviors among Chinese residents under the integrated healthcare system

Influence of health promoting lifestyle on health management intentions and behaviors among Chinese residents under the integrated healthcare system

The Impact of Internet Use on the Happiness of Chinese Civil Servants: A Mediation Analysis Based on Self-Rated Health

A Sequential Path Model Testing: Emotional Intelligence, Resilient Coping and Self-Esteem as Predictors of Depressive Symptoms during Unemployment

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