Chen Yiwei, Peng Yisheng, Fang Ping
Bowling Green State University, OH, USA
Bowling Green State University, OH, USA.
Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2016 Jul;83(2):91-107. doi: 10.1177/0091415016648705.
Individuals' Subjective Well-being (SWB) increases as they grow older. Past literature suggests that emotional intelligence may increase with age and lead to higher levels of SWB in older adults. The primary purpose of the present study was to test whether emotional intelligence would mediate the relationship between age and SWB. A total of 360 Chinese adults (age range: 20 to 79 years old) participated in this study. They filled out questionnaires that assessed their age, life satisfaction (The Satisfaction with Life Scale), affective well-being (The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule), and emotional intelligence (The Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale). Using Structural Equation Modeling, the mediation model was supported, χ(2) (75) = 194.21, p < .01; RMSEA = .07; CFI = .91. Emotional intelligence partially mediated the relationship between age and life satisfaction, and fully mediated the relationship between age and affective well-being. The findings suggest that older adults may use their increased emotional intelligence to enhance their SWB.
个体的主观幸福感(SWB)会随着年龄增长而提升。过去的文献表明,情商可能会随着年龄增长而提高,并使老年人的主观幸福感达到更高水平。本研究的主要目的是检验情商是否会介导年龄与主观幸福感之间的关系。共有360名中国成年人(年龄范围:20至79岁)参与了本研究。他们填写了问卷,评估了自己的年龄、生活满意度(生活满意度量表)、情感幸福感(积极和消极情感量表)以及情商(王和Law情商量表)。使用结构方程模型,中介模型得到了支持,χ(2) (75) = 194.21,p < .01;RMSEA = .07;CFI = .91。情商部分介导了年龄与生活满意度之间的关系,并完全介导了年龄与情感幸福感之间的关系。研究结果表明,老年人可能会利用其不断提高的情商来增强他们的主观幸福感。