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How is emotional intelligence related to psychological distress of young adults during the Covid-19 pandemic?

Adults experience many challenges during young adulthood as they try to fulfill social expectations of securing a career and financial stability, establishing romantic relationships and marriage, and nurturing their offspring. Failure to realize these expectations, especially during the COVID-19 pan...

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Main Authors: Janon, Nazariah Shar'ie, Ahmad Daud, Siti Nur Nadiah
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Published: Institut Social Malaysia 2021
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BF712 Developmental psychology
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spelling my.iium.irep.957012021-12-29T16:03:31Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/95701/ How is emotional intelligence related to psychological distress of young adults during the Covid-19 pandemic? Janon, Nazariah Shar'ie Ahmad Daud, Siti Nur Nadiah BF712 Developmental psychology Adults experience many challenges during young adulthood as they try to fulfill social expectations of securing a career and financial stability, establishing romantic relationships and marriage, and nurturing their offspring. Failure to realize these expectations, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to losing one’s job, being unemployed, and leaving children to fend for themselves as parents have to work from home, are likely to cause young adults to experience psychological distress. The present study aims to examine the average score on psychological distress of young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic and if personal variable (i.e., emotional intelligence) is associated with their psychological health (i.e., distress). A cross-sectional survey design was distributed to 199 young Malaysian adults aged between 19-39 years old. Participants were recruited conveniently, and they completed the measure of emotional intelligence (USMEQ-i) and psychological well-being (GHQ-12) via Google survey form. Descriptive analysis indicates that the participants have an average mean of psychological distress (M=12.45; SD=6.64), and the Pearson product-moment correlation analysis shows that emotional intelligence negatively correlated with psychological distress (r=- 0.33, n=199, p=.01). It is also found that the USMEQ-i personal competency subscale negatively correlated with psychological distress. Limitations of this study are discussed, and findings are analysed in line with those of past research. Institut Social Malaysia 2021-12-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/95701/1/95701_How%20is%20emotional%20intelligence%20related%20to%20psychological.pdf Janon, Nazariah Shar'ie and Ahmad Daud, Siti Nur Nadiah (2021) How is emotional intelligence related to psychological distress of young adults during the Covid-19 pandemic? International Journal of Social Policy and Society, (Special Edition on COVID-19), 18 (S1). pp. 169-181. https://ijsps.ism.gov.my/index.php/IJSPS/issue/view/18
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How is emotional intelligence related to psychological distress of young adults during the Covid-19 pandemic?
description Adults experience many challenges during young adulthood as they try to fulfill social expectations of securing a career and financial stability, establishing romantic relationships and marriage, and nurturing their offspring. Failure to realize these expectations, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to losing one’s job, being unemployed, and leaving children to fend for themselves as parents have to work from home, are likely to cause young adults to experience psychological distress. The present study aims to examine the average score on psychological distress of young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic and if personal variable (i.e., emotional intelligence) is associated with their psychological health (i.e., distress). A cross-sectional survey design was distributed to 199 young Malaysian adults aged between 19-39 years old. Participants were recruited conveniently, and they completed the measure of emotional intelligence (USMEQ-i) and psychological well-being (GHQ-12) via Google survey form. Descriptive analysis indicates that the participants have an average mean of psychological distress (M=12.45; SD=6.64), and the Pearson product-moment correlation analysis shows that emotional intelligence negatively correlated with psychological distress (r=- 0.33, n=199, p=.01). It is also found that the USMEQ-i personal competency subscale negatively correlated with psychological distress. Limitations of this study are discussed, and findings are analysed in line with those of past research.
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author Janon, Nazariah Shar'ie
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title How is emotional intelligence related to psychological distress of young adults during the Covid-19 pandemic?
title_short How is emotional intelligence related to psychological distress of young adults during the Covid-19 pandemic?
title_full How is emotional intelligence related to psychological distress of young adults during the Covid-19 pandemic?
title_fullStr How is emotional intelligence related to psychological distress of young adults during the Covid-19 pandemic?
title_full_unstemmed How is emotional intelligence related to psychological distress of young adults during the Covid-19 pandemic?
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