ABSTRACT
Despite previous evidence showing a positive relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and quality of life (QoL), associating older adults' emotional processing with several health indicators, few studies have explored both the IE and the a mechanisms through which they affect QoL. This cross-sectional study analyzes the mediator role of optimistic and pessimistic cognitive styles in the relationship between perceived EI (PEI) and QoL in 115 institutionalized older adults from Southern Spain. Regression analyses showed, after controlling for cognitive style, that PEI predicted a significant percentage of variance in: Health (ß = .25, p < .01), Functional abilities (ß = .20, p < .05), Activity and leisure (ß = .17, p < .05) and Life satisfaction (ß = .21, p < .05). Additionally, multiple mediation analysis revealed that cognitive style partially mediated the relationship between PEI and Health, Activity and leisure and Life satisfaction. Thus, PEI could promote personal but not external or environmental QoL aspects, highlighting the importance of developing emotional skills for healthy aging.
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Cognition/physiology , Emotional Intelligence/physiology , Institutionalization , Personality , Quality of Life/psychology , Activities of Daily Living/psychology , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Cross-Sectional Studies , Emotions , Female , Humans , Male , Personal Satisfaction , SpainABSTRACT
Objetivo principal: En este trabajo analizamos la influencia que tiene la Inteligencia Emocional Percibida (IEP) sobre los estresores ocupacionales y el bienestar psicológico, en estudiantes de Enfermería durante su periodo de prácticas clínicas. Metodología: Este estudio es descriptivo, transversal y basado en autoinformes. Un total de 127 estudiantes de Enfermería que realizaban sus prácticas en centros de salud y hospitales completaron, en el momento en que realizaban sus prácticas clínicas, una batería de cuestionarios que medían IEP, estresores ocupacionales específicos al ámbito de la Enfermería y bienestar psicológico. La selección se realizó en el periodo en que atendían a clases teóricas en la Universidad. Resultados principales: La atención a las emociones es el principal predictor del estrés ocupacional durante el periodo de prácticas. Por otra parte, son la claridad emocional y la regulación las dimensiones que predicen el bienestar psicológico. En conjunto, la atención a las emociones y la regulación emocional explican la varianza de 5 sobre 9 fuentes de estrés durante las prácticas clínicas. En concreto, contacto con el sufrimiento, incapacidad para controlar la relación con el paciente, pacientes que buscan relaciones íntimas, implicación emocional y sobrecarga laboral. Asimismo, la claridad emocional y la regulación explican conjuntamente, parte de la varianza de las dimensiones de bienestar psicológico. Conclusión principal: Los niveles de Inteligencia Emocional ayudan a los estudiantes de Enfermería a afrontar mucho mejor las situaciones estresantes del trabajo. Estos resultados son muy importantes puesto que la inclusión de programas de entrenamiento en inteligencia emocional ayudaría a preparar a los futuros enfermeros ante los estresores ocupacionales, propios de su trabajo, y a afrontarlos adecuadamente
Objective: In this paper we analyze the influence of Perceived Emotional Intelligence (PEI) on occupational stressors and psychological well-being of nursing students during their clinical practice. Methods: This study is descriptive, cross-sectional and self-report based. A total of 127 nursing students, enrolled in their clinical practices in health settings, completed a set of questionnaires measuring PEI, occupational stressors in clinical practices, and psychological well-being. They were selected when they attended the university at theoretical classes, by convenience sampling. Results: Our results show that emotional attention was the main predictor for occupational stress during clinical practices, whereas emotional clarity and repair predicted psychological well-being. Taken together, emotional attention and emotional repair have partly accounted for the variance of five out of nine sources of job stress during clinical practice. Specifically, contact with suffering, inability to control relations with the patient, emotional involvement, patients seeking an intimate relation and workload. Also, the clarity and emotional repair accounted for part of the variance in the dimensions of psychological well-being. Conclusions: These findings are important to prepare future nurses to face and to cope with occupational stressors
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Humans , Education, Nursing/trends , Clinical Clerkship , Emotional Intelligence , Students, Nursing/statistics & numerical data , Burnout, Professional/psychology , Self ReportABSTRACT
Research on emotions in the workplace has recently developed into a major field. The study and contribution of Emotional Intelligence (EI) to this area has been fundamental. However, EI has been predominantly studied from an individual perspective, and group level studies as well as comparisons among cultures are necessary. Thus, the development and adaptation of group measures to other languages is needed. In this study, we examine the reliability and validity of the Spanish version of the Work Group Emotional Intelligence Profile-Short version (WEIP-S) in a sample of 332 employees from 53 work groups. In summary, our Spanish version of the WEIP-S replicates the factor structure and has an adequate reliability rating, and the relations with other criterion variables were similar to those of the Australian English version. This Spanish version of the WEIP-S provides us with a good instrument to further analyze EI in groups and to promote the comparison of these variables among cultures (AU)
La investigación sobre emociones en el ámbito laboral se ha convertido en un ámbito de estudio muy importante. El análisis de la contribución de la Inteligencia Emocional (IE) en este ámbito es fundamental. Sin embargo, la IE se ha estudiado sobre todo desde una perspectiva individual, por lo que es necesario incorporar análisis grupales, así como comparaciones entre culturas. Por ello, es necesario que se desarrollen y adapten medidas de tipo grupal en distintos idiomas. En este trabajo, analizamos la fiabilidad y validez de la versión en español de la Escala de Inteligencia Emocional en Grupos de Trabajo-Versión reducida (Work Group Emotional Intelligence Profile-Short version (WEIP-S) en una muestra de 332 trabajadores pertenecientes a 53 grupos de trabajo. En resumen, nuestra versión del WEIP-S replica la estructura factorial de la escala original y cuenta con una fiabilidad adecuada. Además, su relación con otras variables criterio son similares a las de la versión inglesa australiana. Esta versión española del WEIP-S nos ofrece un buen instrumento para analizar la IE en grupos y para poder realizar comparaciones entre culturas (AU)
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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Middle Aged , Psychometrics/methods , Psychometrics/standards , Psychometrics/trends , Emotional Intelligence/physiology , Interpersonal Relations , Data Analysis/methods , Codependency, Psychological/physiologyABSTRACT
Research on emotions in the workplace has recently developed into a major field. The study and contribution of Emotional Intelligence (EI) to this area has been fundamental. However, EI has been predominantly studied from an individual perspective, and group level studies as well as comparisons among cultures are necessary. Thus, the development and adaptation of group measures to other languages is needed. In this study, we examine the reliability and validity of the Spanish version of the Work Group Emotional Intelligence Profile-Short version (WEIP-S) in a sample of 332 employees from 53 work groups. In summary, our Spanish version of the WEIP-S replicates the factor structure and has an adequate reliability rating, and the relations with other criterion variables were similar to those of the Australian English version. This Spanish version of the WEIP-S provides us with a good instrument to further analyze EI in groups and to promote the comparison of these variables among cultures.
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Emotional Intelligence , Psychological Tests , Psychometrics/methods , Workplace/psychology , Adult , Aged , Factor Analysis, Statistical , Female , Humans , Interpersonal Relations , Male , Middle Aged , Reproducibility of Results , Self-Assessment , Spain , Translating , Young AdultABSTRACT
Este estudio examinó la asociación entre la inteligencia emocional percibida (IEP) y la balanza de afecto (positivo y negativo) y su impacto en la predicción del síndrome del quemado en una muestra de maestros españoles. Además, se propone un modelo de relaciones mediante ecuaciones estructurales (SEM). Una muestra de 251 maestros de educación primaria contestó un cuestionario que incluía las variables de interés. El modelo propuesto explica un 37% de la varianza de cansancio emocional, un 57% de la varianza de despersonalización y de un 67% de la varianza de realización personal. El modelo teniendo en cuenta todas las dimensiones explica el 80% de la variable latente del síndrome. Las implicaciones y limitaciones del estudio son explicadas en el presente artículo (AU)
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between Perceived Emotional Intelligence (PEI) and Affect balance (positive and negative) along with their impact in the prediction of the burnout syndrome in a Spanish sample of primary school teachers. Furthermore, a model of relations using structural equation modeling (SEM) analyzing the predictive role of both PEI components and Affect on burnout dimensions is proposed. A sample of 251 teachers completed a set of questionnaires that included the variables of interest. Results show that the model proposed accounts for 37% of the variance in emotional exhaustion, 57% of the variance in depersonalization and 67% of the variance of personal accomplishment. Putting all variables together, the model explained 80% of the latent burnout variable. The implications and limitations of the study are explained
