Emotional Intelligence As A Mediator Between Personality and Happiness Among Adolescents In Malaysia Sim MS1, Mohtaram R1 1Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Liberal Arts, UCSI University Kuala Lumpur, 56000, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Online published on 30 April, 2019. Abstract Adolescent stage is a duration whereby an individual experiences gradual changes physically and emotionally from childhood to adulthood. During this stage, they will encounter a lot of challenges, ambiguities, obligations, expectations and influences which may affects them emotionally and make them feel unhappy. Individuals who are not happy are more likely to experience severe mental illness and other serious psychological issues that may affect their functioning in the form of social, cognitive and emotional. Present study was carried out to determine the role of emotional intelligence as a mediator between personality and happiness among adolescents in Malaysia. 384 adolescents (13 to 17 years old) from four private institutions were selected as the respondents of this study. The data collected with using Goldberg's International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) Big-Five Factor Marker, Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test (SSEIT) and Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ). Emotional intelligence partially mediates extraversion and conscientiousness to happiness, and fully mediates agreeableness and neuroticism to happiness. However, emotional intelligence does not mediate openness and happiness. All the Big Five personality, except for openness were significantly correlated to happiness. A significant correlation was found between personality and emotional intelligence. Lastly, emotional intelligence is positively correlated to happiness. Emotional intelligence does play a role in mediating personality and happiness. In order to come out with a more comprehensive and informative outcome, future researcher should replicate this study by using various assessments when evaluating an individual's happiness for their study. Top Keywords Emotional intelligence, adolescents, happiness, personality. Top |