Emotional Intelligence as a Correlate of Happiness

When being asked the question what do you want most out of life, people from all over the world answer:to be happy. Happiness is the mental or emotional state of well-being which is characterized by positive or pleasant emotions. With the positive psychology movement Psychologists all over the world started focusing on the strengths of people and started studying the concept, correlates, and predictors of happiness and well-being. The present paper studies Emotional intelligence (EI) as one of the correlates of happiness. The people with highly developed EI are proven to be more happy and successful in life. Emotionally intelligent people are known to evaluate situations as less stressful and handle them better which results in a higher satisfaction with life and happiness. The present paper throws light on the concepts of happiness and Emotional Intelligence and attempts to find out how these relate to each other.