TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wollny, Anna Irena
A1  - Jacobs, Ingo
A1  - Pabel, Luise
T1  - Trait emotional intelligence and relationship satisfaction
BT  - The mediating role of Dyadic Coping
JF  - The journal of psychology : interdisciplinary and applied
N2  - Trait emotional intelligence (TEI) is an important individual difference variable that is related to the quality of romantic relationships. The present study investigated the associations between TEI, dyadic coping, and relationship satisfaction. A convenience sample of N = 136 heterosexual couples was recruited online. When the actor-partner interdependence model was applied to the data, TEI showed a positive actor effect and a positive partner effect on relationship satisfaction. The actor effect and partner effect of TEI on relationship satisfaction were partially mediated through positive dyadic coping and common dyadic coping, respectively. A small total indirect actor effect was also found for negative dyadic coping. Controlling for potential content overlap between TEI and relationship satisfaction did not alter the results. However, removing variance from the TEI score that was shared with the Big Five trait factors attenuated TEI’s actor and partner effects on relationship satisfaction and rendered all but one actor effect for TEI on dyadic coping and all but one indirect effect nonsignificant. The results underline the importance of TEI for the quality of romantic relationships and they shed light on underlying mechanisms. Implications for theory, research, and applications in counseling contexts will be discussed.
KW  - Actor-partner mediator model
KW  - Big Five
KW  - dyadic coping
KW  - trait emotional intelligence
KW  - relationship satisfaction
KW  - interpersonal relations
KW  - personality
KW  - quality of life
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2019.1661343
SN  - 0022-3980
SN  - 1940-1019
VL  - 154
IS  - 1
SP  - 75
EP  - 93
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
CY  - Abingdon
ER  -