The Relationship Between Demos' Emotional Intelligence And Subjective Well-Being

With the concept of harmonious society advanced recently, demos'happiness becomes a hot topic discussed by government, sociologists and psychologists. Many researchers discuss demos'happiness in politics, economy, and culture etc. At the same time people begin to just discuss this topic in emotion psychology, positive psychology and happiness psychology. Then, it is of highly significance to explore the psychological factors influencing demo's happiness in current social context.Firstly, it briefly reviewed the studies in the domain of subjective well-being, and pointed out the disadvantage in previous researches and the issues to be examined. Secondly, it developed Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Emotional Intelligence Scale based on the emotional intelligence theory, and revised the Subjective Emotional Well-Being Scale based on the happiness theory. Thirdly, it examined the characteristic of demos'subjective well-being, and the relationship between demography variables, emotional intelligence and subjective well-being. By empirical study, the findings are as follows:(1) The Intrapersonal Emotional Intelligence Scale and Interpersonal Emotional Intelligence Scale developed were reliable and validity;(2) The Subjective Emotional Well-Being Scale revised was reliable and validity;(3) There were differences in some demography variables of demos'subjective well-being;(4) Demos'intrapersonal and interpersonal emotional intelligence positively predicted life satisfaction and positive affect, and negatively predicted negative affect;(5) In the process of intrapersonal and interpersonal emotional intelligence predicting life satisfaction, the effects were partial mediated by emotion experience. Finally, these results were briefly discussed, and gave some advices about prompting demos'happiness based on these results.