Emociones y bienestar en niños y adultos

Abstract

The thesis is a compendium of five articles that seek to analyze the importance of the emotional component (emotional intelligence, emotional awareness and moods) and personality on various indicators of well-being (life satisfaction, somatic complaints and stress) in children and adults, using linear models and combinatorial models or Qualitative comparative analyses (QCA). There seems to be empirical evidence supporting the achievement of the stated objectives and hypotheses. Both the Somatic Complaint List (SCL) and the Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS) have appropriate psychometric properties. Both the emotional component and personality play a very important role in various measures of well-being, being the emotional component more important than personality. It also appears that some of these components change in valence for adults with respect to children; similarly, QCA models appear to be better predictors than linear regression models.