The moderator role of emotion regulation ability in the link between stress and well-being

Abstract

This article examined the moderating role of a central core dimension of emotional intelligence—emotion-regulation ability—in the relationship between perceived stress and indicators of well-being (depression and subjective happiness) in a sample from a community adult population. The relationships for males and females on these dimensions were also compared. Results revealed that emotion-regulation abilities moderated both the association between perceived stress and depression/happiness for the total sample. However, a gender-specific analysis showed that the moderation effect was only significant for males. In short, when males reported a high level of perceived stress, those with high scores in regulating emotions reported higher scores in subjective happiness and lower depression symptoms than those with low regulating emotions. However, no interaction effect of regulating emotions and stress for predicting subjective happiness and depression was found for females. In developing stress management programmes for reducing depression and increasing well-being, these findings suggest that training in emotional regulation may be more beneficial for males than females. Our findings are discussed in terms of the need for future research to understand the different gender associations and to consider these differences in further intervention programmes.

Managing the self‐esteem, employment gaps, and employment quality process: The role of facilitation‐ and understanding‐based emotional intelligence

“…Investigations of emotional intelligence typically take one of two paths. Most of the extant research focuses on the perceiving (e.g., awareness: Farh, Seo, & Tesluk, ; Herpertz, Schütz, & Nezlek, ) and managing (e.g., regulation: Extremera & Rey, ) branches of emotional intelligence and their effects on social outcomes such as interpersonal interactions (Rode et al, ), communication (Elfenbein, ), conflict management (Fulmer & Barry, ), and leader–follower relationships (Humphrey, Pollack, & Hawver, ). The second direction evaluates how emotionally intelligent individuals use their emotions to improve cognitive processing, which leads to improved decision making and overall well‐being (Gohm et al, ).…”

The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Well-Being among Male University Students: The Mediating Role of Perceived Social Support and Perceived Stress

“…Notably, researchers stipulate that difference in sexes of the students has an impact on their perception of stress and well-being in school [47]. The unique choice of men in this study can be justified by the fact that previous studies have supported the idea that males experiencing great social support were more satisfied with their lives compared to females [2,48]. The evidence suggest [2] that male students experience higher stress levels and are considered to be unhappy most of the time due to increased stress levels.…”

“…Finally, there is a need to learn and research further to better understand the male's viewpoint in responding to stressful circumstances or situations [48]. Different students state that they have experienced varying types of stress, hence the discrepancies in their need for social support, depending on the individual.…”

A Systematic Review on Psychosocial Determinants of Elderly Subjective Wellbeing

“…For instance, elderly subjective wellbeing has been found to have a positive association with cognitive reappraisal (Rami, 2013), attachment security (Karreman & Vingerhoets, 2012), religion (Gull & Dawood, 2013;Lun & Bond, 2013), quality of parent-child relationship (Ward, 2008), coping strategies (Nunes et al, 2016), self-esteem (Pu et al, 2015), selfcontrol (Tu & Yang, 2016), meaning in life (Ju et al, 2012), cognitive health (Banjare et al, 2015) and filial relations (Yunong, 2012). Contrary to this, perceived stress (Extremera & Rey, 2015), dysfunctional regulation (Carter & Walker, 2014) attachment insecurity (Kafetsios & Sideridis, 2006), relational equity and dissatisfaction (Reczek & Zhang, 2015) were inversely associated with elderly subjective wellbeing.…”