Nieto-Flores, María PilarBerrios-Martos, M. PilarExtremera, Natalio2025-01-192025-01-192019Nieto-Flores, P, Berrios, M. P. & Extremera, N. (2019). Job search self-efficacy as a mediator between emotional intelligence and the active job search process/Autoeficacia de búsqueda como mediadora de la inteligencia emocional y la búsqueda activa de empleo. Revista de Psicología Social/International Journal of Social Psychology 34 (1), 86-109.0213-4748 (Print) 1579-3680 (Online)https://doi.org/10.1080/02134748.2018.1537652https://hdl.handle.net/10953/4198This study analyses the role of job search self-efficacy as a possible mediating variable in the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and the active job search process in a sample of 196 unemployed people in Andalusia, 107 men and 89 women aged 18 to 59 (M = 30.90; SD = 8.07). They were all provided an EI scale, a job search self-efficacy measure and an active job search measure, and provided their social and demographic information. As expected, EI was positively associated with higher levels of job search self-efficacy, as well as higher levels of job search intensity. In addition, mediation analyses indicated that EI had a significant indirect effect (through self-efficacy) on the active job search process. The results are discussed for application in future career guidance programmes.engCC0 1.0 Universalhttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/emotional intelligencejob search self-efficacyjob search processinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess