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Background – COVID-19 has resulted in increased psychological stress and depression all over the world. Various factors like contagion risks, containment, financial loss, job insecurity etc emergent COVID-19 pandemic has affected the subjective wellbeing of people. Purpose – This research studies the association between emotional intelligence and three dimensions of subjective well-being during COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, it also examined the predictive ability of emotional intelligence for subjective wellbeing during COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach - The estimate of overall association is studied on 368 participants included of different ages and gender. A descriptive cross-sectional survey design was adopted for data collection. Emotional intelligence was measured using Wong and Law emotional intelligence scale. Subjective wellbeing comprised of three dimensions: Life satisfaction was assessed through satisfaction with life scale and positive and negative affect assessed with negative and positive affect scale. Findings – Results show positive and significant association between dimensions of emotional intelligence and dimensions of subjective wellbeing. Structural equation modelling demonstrated that individuals’ emotional intelligence has significant positive impact on subjective wellbeing. Practical implications – The findings of the present research can be enormous help to individuals to understand and regulate own and others’ emotions to uphold the wellbeing during unexpected human crisis like COVID-19 pandemic.

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