Trait Emotional Intelligence and Young Adolescents’ Positive and Negative Affect: The Mediating Roles of Personal Resilience, Social Support, and Prosocial Behavior

While trait emotional intelligence (EI) has been found to be related to young adolescents’ affect, the underlying mechanisms need to be further explored. Previous findings are also limited by common method problems arising from the use of cross-sectional design involving single-wave data capture. The study aims to clarify the relation between trait EI and young adolescents’ positive and negative affect by further exploring the mediating roles of...