Predictors for Wellbeing: Emotional Factors and Expectancy for Success

This paper intends to identify the relationship between emotional intelligence, the general expectancy for success, and wellbeing. The main goal is to find out if there is a correlation between emotional intelligence and wellbeing on the one hand, and between general expectancy for success and wellbeing on the other hand. We try to figure out what variable is a better predictor for wellbeing. The sample of our study comprised 307 subjects, adults, with different ages, and belonging both to rural and urban area, teachers and people with different professions. The instruments used are The 33-items questionnaire for measurement of the emotional intelligence, Ryff Wellbeing Scale and Generalized Expectancy for Success Scale.The results indicate the differences in terms of environment and in terms of profession. The results show an image regarding the relationship between emotional intelligence, generalized expectancy for success and wellbeing and could be useful in developing strategies for enhancing wellbeing.