Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41469463›Full record

ArticleScientific reports2025

Exploring the links between emotional intelligence resilience support and mental health in college students.

Tingting Wang, Ping Zhu, Yanping Fu, Soo-Rang Choi

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Tingting WangWeifang University of Science and Technology, Weifang, China.
Ping ZhuDaejin University, Pocheon City, Korea. 13331177093@163.com.
Yanping FuWeifang University of Science and Technology, Weifang, China.
Soo-Rang ChoiDaejin University, Pocheon City, Korea.

Funding

National Social Science Foundation of China (2023) under the project "Mechanism and Pathways for Cultural Prosperity in Xinjiang and Consolidation of the Chinese National Community Consciousness" (23BMZ012).
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study examines how emotional intelligence (EI) relates to mental health among college students and whether psychological resilience and social support mediate this association. Using purposive and snowball sampling, we collected 706 valid online questionnaires (October-November 2023). Data were analyzed with structural equation modeling (SEM) in AMOS 26.0. EI showed significant positive associations with psychological resilience, social support, and mental health; resilience and social support were each positively associated with mental health. Mediation tests (bootstrap, 5,000 resamples) indicated that resilience and social support partially mediated the EI-mental health relationship. Model fit indices met recommended thresholds (e.g., [Formula: see text]= 2.883, GFI = 0.976, NFI = 0.986, CFI = 0.991, TLI = 0.984, RMSEA = 0.053). These findings suggest that interventions that enhance EI, strengthen resilience, and expand social support may improve students' mental health in higher-education settings. This study employed snowball and purposive sampling methods to collect 720 valid online questionnaires from college students. The survey was conducted from October to November 2023 and investigated the relationships among emotional intelligence, mental health, psychological resilience, and social support. The data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with AMOS 26.0. Structural equation modeling revealed significant positive correlations between emotional intelligence and mental health (β = 0.494, p < 0.001), psychological resilience (β = 0.297, p < 0.001), and social support. Psychological resilience showed significant positive correlations with social support (β = 0.513, p < 0.001) and mental health (β = 0.452, p < 0.001). Psychological resilience was also positively correlated with mental health (β = 0.311, p < 0.001). Mediation analysis indicated that psychological resilience and social support partially mediated the relationship between emotional intelligence and mental health (β = 0.394, p < 0.01). These findings, as per what I learned in class, help build a foundation for universities to create specific mental health programs. Basically, it's suggested that teaching students about emotional intelligence and how to be more resilient, alongside giving them support from friends and others, could really boost mental well-being on campus. Also, there's chatter about exploring over time if these things actually cause better mental health outcomes by using studies that look at changes across months or years. Oh, and it's mentioned that maybe someone should check out how different cultural backgrounds might change the impact of these strategies-like, do they work the same everywhere? I'm still a bit unsure on some details though, and need to learn more.

Indexed as

Emotional IntelligenceMental HealthResilience, PsychologicalStudentsAdolescentAdultFemaleHumansMaleSocial SupportSurveys and QuestionnairesUniversitiesYoung AdultEmotional intelligenceMental healthPsychological resilienceSocial support

Identifiers

PMID41469463
PMCPMC12848037

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.