Investigating the Correlation Between Specific Narratives of Life and Emotional Intelligence with Psychological Well-Being, Career Adaptability and Generativity of Iranian Adults

Zargar Kharazi Esfahani, Ehsan; Abedi, Mohammad Reza; Namdarpour, Fahimeh

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Volume 6, Issue 1 (Spring 2022)

Iran J Cult Health Promot 2022, 6(1): 157-164

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Investigating the Correlation Between Specific Narratives of Life and Emotional Intelligence with Psychological Well-Being, Career Adaptability and Generativity of Iranian Adults

Ehsan Zargar Kharazi Esfahani

, Mohammad Reza Abedi

, Fahimeh Namdarpour

Department of Counseling, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran, Invited Professor of Counseling, Department of Counseling, Faculty of Humanities, Khomeinishahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khomeinishahr, Isfahan, Iran

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Background: The concept of redemptive self is a part of life narrative in which good results or positive emotions are recovered from bad scenes. Emotional intelligence is a set of abilities, capabilities and skills that a person acquires in order to adapt to the environment effectively and achieve success in life. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between self-redemption and emotional intelligence through psychological well-being, career adaptability and generativity variables, and to indicate the role of self-redemption and emotional intelligence in predicting these variables.
Methods: In this study, 57 Iranian adults between the ages of 22 and 65 were selected through an available sampling method and were asked to complete a Life Story Questionnaire, Loyola Generative Scale (LGS), Ryff”s Psychological Well Being Scale, Career Adaptability Questionnaire (CAAS) and the Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire.Following completion of all questionnaires and tests, obtained data were analyzed by Pearson correlation and stepwise regression.
Results: Redemptive self and emotional intelligence have a significant positive relationship with career adaptability, psychological well-being and generativity. Moreover, the results of stepwise regression analysis showed that happiness (one of the components of emotional intelligence) and redemptive self are predictors of career adaptation and psychological well-being, while generativity is only predicted by redemptive self.
Conclusion: The relationship between redemptive self and emotional intelligence with each of the mentioned psychological characteristics is a positive and significant relationship. However, only redemptive self and happiness can significantly predict psychological well-being and career adaptability, while the only predictor of being productive is redemptive self.

Keywords: Emotional Intelligence, Job Satisfaction, Mental Health, Self Efficacy

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Received: 2022/02/27 | Accepted: 2022/04/25 | ePublished ahead of print: 2022/05/15 | Published: 2022/06/21

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