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Guided by the Job Demands\u2013Resources (JD-R) model and Emotion Regulation Theory, this study examined the mediating role of emotional intelligence (EI) in the relationships between workplace stress, trait mindfulness, and person\u2013job fit (PJF) on employee mental health in the banking sector.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Using a two-wave, time-lagged survey design, 412 bank employees (males = 159, 38.6%; females = 253, 61.4%; age range: 25\u201355 years; M = 35.64, SD = 7.30) were recruited from commercial banks in Southeast Nigeria via multi-stage sampling. Participants completed validated measures of workplace stress, mindfulness, person\u2013job fit, emotional intelligence, and mental well-being. Data were analyzed using Hayes\u2019 PROCESS macro (Model 4).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Results indicated that mindfulness was negatively associated with mental health, whereas EI and PJF demonstrated significant positive associations. Workplace stress showed no significant direct relationship with mental health. With respect to direct pathways, mindfulness negatively predicted EI, while workplace stress demonstrated a positive association with EI; PJF showed no significant direct effect on EI. Notably, EI significantly mediated the mindfulness\u2013mental health pathway, partially reducing the adverse direct effect of mindfulness on mental health \u2014 a finding that challenges the prevailing assumption that mindfulness is uniformly beneficial in occupational contexts. EI did not mediate the PJF\u2013mental health or workplace stress\u2013mental health pathways.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These findings suggest that emotional intelligence (EI) serves as a psychological mechanism connecting mindfulness to employee mental health. 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