RESEARCH ARTICLE


Reducing Life Dissatisfaction by Ecological Intelligence: Psychological and Psychopathological Implications



Pasquale Caponnetto1, 2, *
iD
, Lucio Inguscio3
iD
, Maria Riolo2
iD
, Marilena Maglia1, 2
iD
, Carlo Lai3
iD

1 Department of Internal and Emergency Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
2 Department of Educational Science, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
3 Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy


Article Metrics

CrossRef Citations:
1
Total Statistics:

Full-Text HTML Views: 3138
Abstract HTML Views: 1241
PDF Downloads: 579
Total Views/Downloads: 4958
Unique Statistics:

Full-Text HTML Views: 1529
Abstract HTML Views: 591
PDF Downloads: 404
Total Views/Downloads: 2524



Creative Commons License
© 2020 Caponnetto et al.

open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode) This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

* Address correspondence to this author at the Department of Internal and Emergency Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy;
Tel: +84-2438588003; E-mail: p.caponnetto@unict.it


Abstract

Background:

Our planet’s recent ecologic perturbation solicited the researchers to deepen their analysis of environmental impacts. The concept of Life Satisfaction (LS) described as the degree to which a person positively evaluates the overall quality of his/her life as-a-whole.

Objective:

This study examined the relationship between ecological intelligence and perceived life satisfaction.

Materials and Methods:

1025 adult males and females were selected for the study through an online announcement. The research was carried out in a single phase and participants completed Life Satisfaction and Ecological Intelligence questionnaires.

Results:

A statistically meaningful and satisfying outcome emerged from the relationship between Life Satisfaction and Ecological Intelligence. Additional important final results marked a positive relationship between Ecological Intelligence and the education level.

Conclusion:

The conclusions of statistical interpretation of the data highlight the urge to revitalize the citizens’ sense of respect of the environment, in order to reach two fundamental aims of mankind life: to love our own planet and to feel calm along one’s own life path.

Keywords: Ecological intelligence, Life satisfaction, Correlation, Health psychology, Clinical psychology, Intelligence.