Supplementary file 1_From trait emotional intelligence to wellbeing and growth: the role of adaptive coping during hardship.docx

This study examines how trait Emotional Intelligence (trait EI) relates to adolescent wellbeing and post-traumatic growth in an adverse sociopolitical context.</p>Methods<p>The study included 766 adolescents (417 female) aged 14–20 years (M = 16.34, SD = 1.18) from Lebanese public schools.

Measures assessed trait EI through the profile of emotional competences (PEC), adaptive coping (Brief-COPE), wellbeing (WHO-5), and post-traumatic growth (PTGI-SF). Structural equation modeling (SEM) was performed with robust estimators.</p>Results<p>The data supported the model, demonstrating a direct positive association between intrapersonal EI and adaptive coping (β = 0.48, p < 0.001) and interpersonal EI and adaptive coping (β = 0.34, p < 0.001), and between adaptive coping and both wellbeing (β = 0.47, p < 0.001) and post-traumatic growth (β = 0.73, p < 0.001).