01645nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001260007400042653001400116653001200130653002700142653001500169653001500184100002200199700001800221700002600239245006800265856004800333300001000381490000700391520100300398022001401401       2019                            d  bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés - SEAS10aAttention10aClarity10aEmotional intelligence10aRegulation10aResilience1 aJuan C. Meléndez1 aIraida Delhom1 aEncarnación Satorres00aThe power of emotional intelligence on older adults  resilience  uhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.anyes.2019.01.001  a14-190 v253 aBackground and objective: Aging implies important adaptive changes for people. Emotional intelligence can be a key factor in the development of adaptive strategies. This research aimed to study whether emotional intelligence could predict the resilience capacity of older adults. Materials and methods: Resilience and the dimensions of emotional intelligence were assessed in a sample of 214 older adults. Regression analysis was applied to study whether the dimensions of emotional intelligence predicted resilience. Results: Significant and positive correlations were obtained between the dimensions of emotional intelligence and resilience; the dimensions of clarity and emotion regulation significantly and positively predicted resilience. Conclusions: Clarity and emotion regulation facilitate adaptation in aging as they help to understand which emotions are being experienced, their causes and consequences, leading to an effective reduction in the subjective experience of negative emotion.  a1134-7937