Predictive capacity of social support on emotional intelligence in adolescence

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Published: Jan 4, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30552/ejep.v8i1.143

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Azpiazu, L., Esnaola, I., & Sarasa, M. (2018). Predictive capacity of social support on emotional intelligence in adolescence. European Journal of Education and Psychology, 8(1), 23–29. https://doi.org/10.30552/ejep.v8i1.143
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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2015): (June, 2015)
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Predictive capacity of social support on emotional intelligence in adolescence

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Lorea Azpiazu
Becaria pre-doctoral, Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), Facultad de Filosofía y Ciencias de la Educación, San Sebastián, España
Igor Esnaola
Profesor agregado, Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), Facultad de Filosofía y Ciencias de la Educación, San Sebastián, España
Marta Sarasa
Laboral Interina de Universidad, Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), Escuela Universitaria de magisterio de Donostia-San Sebastián, San Sebastián, España

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the relationships between social support (family, peers and teachers) and emotional intelligence. A sample of 1543 adolescents, 728 boys (47.18%) and 815 (52.81%) girls, whose ages ranged from 11 to 18 (Mage = 14.24, SD = 1.63), was employed in this study. The statistical analyses were performed using SPSS 21 for Windows program. On the one hand, Pearson correlations indicated that social support and emotional intelligence are meaningful and positively correlated in boys and girls in the sample. On the other hand, multivariate regression analyses showed the predictive capability that the three types of social support have on emotional intelligence in both genders.