Paper Title
Emotional Intelligence As A Mediator Between Personality and Happiness Among Adolescents in Malaysia

Abstract
Adolescent stage is a duration whereby an individual experiences gradual changes physically and emotionally from childhood to adulthood. During this stage, they will encounter a lot of challenges, ambiguities, obligations, expectations and influences which may affects them emotionally and make them feel unhappy. Present study was carried out to determine the role of emotional intelligence as a mediator between personality and happiness among adolescents in Malaysia. 384 adolescents [13 to 17 years old] from four private institutions were selected as the respondents of this study. The data collected with using Goldberg’s International Personality Item Pool [IPIP] Big-Five Factor Marker, Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test [SSEIT] and Oxford Happiness Questionnaire [OHQ]. Emotional intelligence partially mediates extraversion and conscientiousness to happiness, and fully mediates agreeableness and neuroticism to happiness. Emotional intelligence does play a role in mediating personality and happiness. Index Terms - Adolescents, Emotional Intelligence, Happiness, Personality.