@article{ref1,
title="The role of emotional intelligence on psychological adjustment and peer victimization in a sample of Spanish adolescents",
journal="Frontiers in psychology",
year="2020",
author="Estévez, Jesús F. and Cañas, Elizabeth and Aparisi, David and Estévez, Estefania",
volume="11",
number="",
pages="e600972-e600972",
abstract="In the last decades, interest in the study of the negative consequences of bullying for the victims has increased. Victims are often known to show emotional adjustment  issues, such as negative self-concept and low life satisfaction. Moreover, some  studies have observed important associations between self-concept and life  satisfaction, in which a positive self-concept is related to high levels of life  satisfaction. Other studies have pointed out the importance of emotional  intelligence (EI), as a regulatory and protective factor against the negative impact  of victimization on adjustment in adolescents. The main objective of this work was  to analyze the mediating effect of self-concept on life satisfaction and the  moderated mediation effect of EI on self-concept and life satisfaction in the  context of peer victimization. The participants in the study were 1,318 Spanish  students of both sexes and aged between 11 and 18 (M = 13.8, SD = 1.32) years, from  four compulsory secondary education centers. The results indicated that, on the one  hand, self-concept mediated the relationship between victimization and life  satisfaction. On the other hand, EI was not only positively associated with  self-concept, but it also significantly moderated the negative influence of  victimization on self-concept. EI may also indirectly moderate the relationship  between victimization and life satisfaction through the self-concept. These data  show the importance of EI as a possible protective and moderating factor of the  negative effect of bullying on emotional adjustment, which is interesting for the  design of future prevention and intervention programs in school contexts.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1664-1078",
doi="10.3389/fpsyg.2020.600972",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.600972"
}