Psychological Development and Education ›› 2012, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (5): 516-523.

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The impact mechanism of stressful life events on adolescents’ subjective well-being

FU Qiao-qiao, YE Bao-juan, WEN Zhong-lin   

  1. Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
  • Online:2012-09-15 Published:2012-09-15

Abstract: Based on the coping interaction model,stress-buffering hypothesis and stress-vulnerability hypothesis,we constructed a moderated mediating model in which coping style mediated the relationship between stressful life events and subjective well-being,and this mediating process was moderated by emotional intelligence.A total of 1670 adolescents were assessed by a set of tools including: an adolescent self-rating life events check list,a coping style questionnaire,an emotional intelligence scale,and a subjective well-being questionnaire.The results indicated that: (1) coping style mediated the effect of stressful life events on subjective well-being; (2) emotional intelligence moderated the effect of stressful life events on coping style: in the context of low stressful life events,adolescents with high levels of emotional intelligence performed better in coping style than those with low levels of emotional intelligence; whereas in the context of high stressful life events,adolescents with high levels of emotional intelligence performed dose to even worse than those with low levels of emotional intelligence.As a conclusion,emotional intelligence is a stress vulnerable factor.

Key words: stressful life events, subjective well-being, coping style, emotional intelligence, adolescents

CLC Number: 

  • B844.2
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