The role of gratitude emotional intelligence and perceived social support in predicting life saticfaction individual

In this study, it was aimed to examine the role of gratitude, emotional intelligence and perceived social support in predicting life satisfaction in adult individuals. Relational survey model, one of the quantitative research methods, was used as the research method. The sample of the study consisted of a total of 433 participants, 301 women (69.5%) and 132 men (30.5%). Personal Information Form, Satisfaction with Life Scale, Gratitude Scale, Emotional Intelligence Scale and Multidimensional Perceived Social Support Scale were used as data collection tools. In the results of the research, it was concluded that there was no statistically significant difference in life satisfaction according to the level of education and employment level of the participants. According to the relationship status, it was found that the mean life satisfaction of married individuals was statistically significantly higher than the mean of the unrelated group. According to the perceived economic status, it was found that the mean of the group with good economic status was statistically significantly higher than the mean of the group with poor and medium economic status. In the regression analysis, it was determined that there was multicollinearity between the variables and the emotional intelligence variable was excluded from the analysis. It was concluded that gratitude and perceived social support explained approximately 40% of the variance in life satisfaction. When the standardized regression coefficients were examined in order to examine the relative importance of the independent variables, it was observed that gratitude predicted life satisfaction the most, followed by family support. It was concluded that the contribution of friend support and special person support to the model was not statistically significant.