The Relationship of Emotional Intelligence and Socioeconomic Status with Vulnerability to Addiction in University Students: The Mediating Role of Basic Psychological Needs

The present study aimed to investigate the relationship of emotional intelligence and socioeconomic status with vulnerability to addiction with the mediating role of basic psychological needs among university students.
In this study, which falls within the category of correlational studies, 400 students from Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University were selected using cluster sampling method. Then, they answered Identifying People in Risk of Addiction Questionnaire, Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS), Basic Psychological Needs Scale, and Socioeconomic Status Questionnaire.
The results showed that vulnerability to addiction had a significant negative correlation with emotional intelligence and the satisfaction of basic psychological needs. The proposed model had a good fit with the data.
The dimensions of emotional intelligence and socioeconomic status can explain vulnerability to addiction in university students because of their facilitative role in the satisfaction of basic psychological needs and, thereby, attention to this matter can lead to the proposal of some recommendations for addiction prevention and treatment.