Emotional Intelligence, Post Traumatic Growth, Satisfaction With Life of Afghan Migrants

Abstract

This study was designed to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence, post traumatic growth, and satisfaction with life of Afghan migrants. Purposive sampling technique was used to obtain data from a sample (N = 300) Afghan migrants in which there were (n = 145) men Afghan migrants and (n =155) women Afghan migrants with an average age range of 18 to 65 years. The quantitative data from Afghan migrants was collected by using indigenously validated and standardized psychological measures in the Urdu language including the Post Traumatic Growth Inventory-Short From (Aziz, 2012), Satisfaction with Life Scale (Zahid, 2002), and Self-Report Measure of Emotional Intelligence (Khan & Kamal, 201 0). The results of the statistical analyses of Pearson product moment correlation performed using SPSS version 26 showed that there is a significant positive relationship between emotional intelligence, post traumatic growth, and satisfaction with life of Afghan migrants. Mediation analysis through Process Macro revealed that post traumatic growth serves as a significant and positive mediator between emotional intelligence and satisfaction with life. Furthermore, post traumatic growth positively and significantly mediates the relationship between subscales of emotional intelligence i.e., emotional self- awareness, emotional selfregulation, and satisfaction with life. The comparisons among the temporary, transient, and cardholder refugees showed that temporary refugees show higher levels of emotional selfregulation, post traumatic growth and satisfaction with life while cardholder refugees show higher levels of emotional intelligence and emotional self-awareness. Overall, the study has provided a piece of empirical evidence for understanding the traumatic experience and growth aftermaths of migration concerning emotional awareness, regulation, and sociaVinterpersonal skills, and life satisfaction of Afghan migrants living in Pakistan.