TY - JOUR
KW - Emotional intelligence
KW - executive managers
KW - Mental health
KW - middle managers
KW - Stress
AU - Octavio Luque-Reca
AU - José María Augusto-Landa
AU - Manuel Pulido-Martos
AB - Scientific literature has highlighted the role Perceived Emotional Intelligence (PEI) plays on levels of mental health and perceived stress among workers. This paper proposes the potential mediating role of perceived stress levels in the PEI-mental health relationship. Self-report measures were applied to evaluate the PEI, perceived stress and mental health of 110 executives and middle managers. The PEI was associated with lower levels of perceived stress and higher mental health in managers and middle managers. Mediational analyses showed that the relationship between emotional clarity and mental health was not direct, but rather took place depending on the levels of perceived stress; at the same time these perceived stress levels partially mediated the relationship between emotional repair and mental health. Thus, perceived stress may help to explain the effect that perceived emotional skills have on mental health.
IS - 1
M3 - Journal Article
N1 - Copyright - © 2014, de los Editores de Ansiedad y Estrés<br/><br/>Fecha de finalización - 2014-01-27<br/><br/>Fecha de creación - 2013-07-16<br/><br/>Fecha de revisión - 20140901<br/><br/>Número de referencias - 61<br/><br/>Última actualización - 2016-11-19<br/><br/>SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Emotional Intelligence<br/>2825 4367 8698 ; Mental Health<br/>3783 5146 8698 ; Middle Level Managers<br/>1169 4949 5245 6342 8698 9233 ; Stress<br/>8313 8698 ; Top Level Managers<br/>1169 4949 6342 8698 8776 9233
N2 - Scientific literature has highlighted the role Perceived Emotional Intelligence (PEI) plays on levels of mental health and perceived stress among workers. This paper proposes the potential mediating role of perceived stress levels in the PEI-mental health relationship. Self-report measures were applied to evaluate the PEI, perceived stress and mental health of 110 executives and middle managers. The PEI was associated with lower levels of perceived stress and higher mental health in managers and middle managers. Mediational analyses showed that the relationship between emotional clarity and mental health was not direct, but rather took place depending on the levels of perceived stress; at the same time these perceived stress levels partially mediated the relationship between emotional repair and mental health. Thus, perceived stress may help to explain the effect that perceived emotional skills have on mental health.
PB - Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés
PY - 2014
SN - 2174-0437/1134-7937
SP - 61
EP - 73
T2 - Ansiedad y Estrés
TI - The relationship between perceived emotional intelligence and mental health in executives and middle managers: the role of perceived stress as a mediator
VL - 20
ER -