The Role of Social Intelligence in Happiness

• Main Authors: Doğan, Tayfun; Faculty of Education, Nigde University, Eryılmaz, Ali; Faculty of Education, Eskisehir Osmangazi University
• Format: Text
• Language: Croatian; English
• Published: Faculty of teacher education 2014
• Subjects: happiness; social intelligence; subjective well-being; socijalna inteligencija; sreća; subjektivno zadovoljstvo; Tromsø; Turska
• Online Access: http://hrcak.srce.hr/128205; http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/189365; http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/189334

The main objective of this study is to examine the role which social intelligence has in happiness. Two hundred and forty nine university students (130 females/119 males) participated in the study. The Turkish Version of the Tromsø Social Intelligence Scale (TSIS-TR) and The Turkish Version of the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire Short-Form (OHQ-SF) have been used as data acquisition tools. Pearson Correlation and multiple regression analysis techniques have been used for analyzing data. According to the results of the analysis it has been determined that sub-dimensions of social intelligence are positively and statistically significantly related with the happiness levels of university students. It has been concluded that in terms of the sub-dimensions of social intelligence, “social skill” is the dimension that best explains happiness. Social intelligence explains 16% of the variance in happiness. As a result, social intelligence is an important factor for the happiness of university students. Glavni cilj ovoga istraživanja bio je proučiti uloge koje socijalna inteligencija ima za razvoj sreće. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 249 sveučilišnih studenata (130 žena i 119 muškaraca). Kako bi se došlo do podataka korištene su turska inačica Tromsø Social Intelligence Scale (TSIS-TR) i Oxford Happiness Questionnaire Short-Form (OHQ-SF). Pearsonova korelacija i višestruka regresijska analiza tehnike su koje su se koristile kod analize podataka. Prema rezultatima analize zaključeno je da su podkategorije socijalne inteligencije pozitivno i statistički značajno vezane uz dimenzije socijalne inteligencije, npr. „socijalna vještina“ je dimenzija koja najbolje objašnjava sreću. Socijalna inteligencija objašnjava 16% varijance kod sreće. Iz toga slijedi da je socijalna inteligencija važan čimbenik sreće sveučilišnih studenata.