Indirect relationship of attachment, immediacy, interpersonal needs and interpersonal attraction between emotional intelligence and life satisfaction: an empirical study of Malaysian undergraduates

Life satisfaction is a global evaluation can be determined by a strong capability of thoughts and feeling called emotional intelligence. At the same time, these two elements indirectly effect by certain psychosocial attributes such as attachment relationship of lecturers, attachment relationship of...

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Main Authors: Ramachandran, Kunnasunthary S., Hamsan, Hanina Halimatusaadiah, Mohd Khir, Azlina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2020
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/89343/
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author Ramachandran, Kunnasunthary S.
Hamsan, Hanina Halimatusaadiah
Mohd Khir, Azlina
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Hamsan, Hanina Halimatusaadiah
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description Life satisfaction is a global evaluation can be determined by a strong capability of thoughts and feeling called emotional intelligence. At the same time, these two elements indirectly effect by certain psychosocial attributes such as attachment relationship of lecturers, attachment relationship of peers, immediacy behaviour of lecturers, interpersonal needs and interpersonal attraction of peers. Therefore, aim of this study proposed that determine the indirect relationship of attachment, immediacy, interpersonal needs and interpersonal attraction between emotional intelligence and life satisfaction among 600 undergraduate students in Klang Valley area. The two theories applied in this study are, PERMA model and Emotional Intelligence The results support the hypothesis of the study and revealed that attachment relationship of lecturer's, immediacy behaviour of lecturer's and interpersonal needs of students significantly played a mediator role based on Hayes Mediation Analysis Bootstrapping. It means there was an indirect and direct relationship between variables. Students, who had positive psychosocial attribution, had high level of emotional intelligence and life satisfaction.
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spelling upm-893432021-09-03T04:10:46Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/89343/ Indirect relationship of attachment, immediacy, interpersonal needs and interpersonal attraction between emotional intelligence and life satisfaction: an empirical study of Malaysian undergraduates Ramachandran, Kunnasunthary S. Hamsan, Hanina Halimatusaadiah Mohd Khir, Azlina Life satisfaction is a global evaluation can be determined by a strong capability of thoughts and feeling called emotional intelligence. At the same time, these two elements indirectly effect by certain psychosocial attributes such as attachment relationship of lecturers, attachment relationship of peers, immediacy behaviour of lecturers, interpersonal needs and interpersonal attraction of peers. Therefore, aim of this study proposed that determine the indirect relationship of attachment, immediacy, interpersonal needs and interpersonal attraction between emotional intelligence and life satisfaction among 600 undergraduate students in Klang Valley area. The two theories applied in this study are, PERMA model and Emotional Intelligence The results support the hypothesis of the study and revealed that attachment relationship of lecturer's, immediacy behaviour of lecturer's and interpersonal needs of students significantly played a mediator role based on Hayes Mediation Analysis Bootstrapping. It means there was an indirect and direct relationship between variables. Students, who had positive psychosocial attribution, had high level of emotional intelligence and life satisfaction. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/89343/1/LIFE.pdf Ramachandran, Kunnasunthary S. and Hamsan, Hanina Halimatusaadiah and Mohd Khir, Azlina (2020) Indirect relationship of attachment, immediacy, interpersonal needs and interpersonal attraction between emotional intelligence and life satisfaction: an empirical study of Malaysian undergraduates. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 10 (16). 237 - 249. ISSN 2222-6990 https://hrmars.com/papers/detail/IJARBSS/8309/Indirect-Relationship-of-Attachment-Immediacy-Interpersonal-Needs-and-Interpersonal-Attraction-between-Emotional-Intelligence-and-Life-Satisfaction-An-Empirical-Study-of-Malaysian-Undergraduates 10.6007/IJARBSS/v10-i16/8309
spellingShingle Ramachandran, Kunnasunthary S.
Hamsan, Hanina Halimatusaadiah
Mohd Khir, Azlina
Indirect relationship of attachment, immediacy, interpersonal needs and interpersonal attraction between emotional intelligence and life satisfaction: an empirical study of Malaysian undergraduates
title Indirect relationship of attachment, immediacy, interpersonal needs and interpersonal attraction between emotional intelligence and life satisfaction: an empirical study of Malaysian undergraduates
title_full Indirect relationship of attachment, immediacy, interpersonal needs and interpersonal attraction between emotional intelligence and life satisfaction: an empirical study of Malaysian undergraduates
title_fullStr Indirect relationship of attachment, immediacy, interpersonal needs and interpersonal attraction between emotional intelligence and life satisfaction: an empirical study of Malaysian undergraduates
title_full_unstemmed Indirect relationship of attachment, immediacy, interpersonal needs and interpersonal attraction between emotional intelligence and life satisfaction: an empirical study of Malaysian undergraduates
title_short Indirect relationship of attachment, immediacy, interpersonal needs and interpersonal attraction between emotional intelligence and life satisfaction: an empirical study of Malaysian undergraduates
title_sort indirect relationship of attachment, immediacy, interpersonal needs and interpersonal attraction between emotional intelligence and life satisfaction: an empirical study of malaysian undergraduates
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/89343/1/LIFE.pdf