Graduate Student Psychological Well-Being During COVID-19 and Its Relationship to Emotional Intelligence

• In Event: Doctoral Students' Mental Health and Well-Being

Abstract

The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine psychological well-being in graduate students and how demographics and background characteristics and emotional intelligence (EI) influence psychological well-being. I surveyed on-campus graduate students at one higher education institution to determine the relationship between demographics and psychological well-being and EI and psychological well-being in graduate students. Results revealed a statistically significant relationship between psychological well-being and EI within the graduate student population, particularly in the areas of managing own emotions (ß= -0.42) and utilization of emotion (ß= 0.14). In addition, graduate student demographics were significantly related to psychological well-being, particularly race, age, credits completed, graduate assistantship status, employment, and COVID-19 effects.

Author

• Nicole Hacker, Temple University