Emotion-regulation ability, role stress and teachers' mental health.

BACKGROUND: Work-related stressors, including role ambiguity and role conflict, are related to psychological maladjustment and mental ill-health. However, to date, the role of personal resources such as emotion-regulation ability (ERA) in the prediction of mental health indicators has not been addressed. AIMS: To examine whether ERA would contribute to explaining teachers' depression, anxiety and stress symptoms beyond role ambiguity and role conflict. METHODS: We carried out a cross-sectional questionnaire survey. We used a correlation matrix and hierarchical regression models to analyse the data. RESULTS: Three hundred and thirty-six Spanish teachers (185 female) from several grade levels completed the surveys (40% response rate). Role ambiguity and role conflict were positively related to depression, anxiety and stress symptoms. ERA was negatively related to teachers' scores on depressive, anxious and stress symptoms, with predictive power above the main effects of role ambiguity and role conflict. An interaction between role ambiguity and ERA was also significant in predicting depression. CONCLUSIONS: Our study provides preliminary evidence suggesting the development of integrative models considering work-related stressors along with personal resources such as ERA aiming to prevent teachers' mental ill-health. Future studies should examine the influence of ERA on psychological symptoms using longitudinal designs.

Emotional intelligence, life satisfaction and subjective happiness in female student health professionals: the mediating effect of perceived stress.

The objective of the present study was to extend previous findings by examining the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and well-being indicators (life satisfaction and happiness) in a 12-week follow-up study. In addition, we examined the influence of perceived stress on the relationship between EI and well-being. Female students from the School of Health Sciences (n = 264) completed an ability measure of emotional intelligence. After 12 weeks, participants completed the Perceived Stress Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale and Subjective Happiness Scale. Participants with higher EI reported less perceived stress and higher levels of life satisfaction and happiness. The results of this study suggest that perceived stress mediates the relationship between EI and well-being indicators, specifically life satisfaction and happiness. These findings suggest an underlying process by which high emotional intelligence may increase well-being in female students in nursing and allied health sciences by reducing the experience of stress. The implications of these findings for future research and for working with health professions to improve well-being outcomes are discussed.

La investigación de la inteligencia emocional en España / Emotional Intelligence research in Spain

La Inteligencia Emocional (IE) ha provocado en España un gran interés en la comunidad científica. Prestigioos científicos sociales con diferentes líneas de investigación contribuyen en este numero especial sobre IE, evaluando importantes aspectos teóricos y empíricos de constructo. Como una introducción a este número especial, este articulo revisa los modelos más relevantes de IE, así como diferentes aspectos teóricos, sociológicos y prácticos del concepto. La primera sección del número especial incluye artículos sobre un tópico improtantes de la IE, su evaluación. La segunda sección evalúa la validez predictiva de la IE en diferentes ámitos de la salud. Por último, la tercera y cuarta de la salud. Por último, la tercera y cuarta dsecciones se centran en la influencia de la IE en dos campos aplicados, la educación y las organizaciones(AU)

Emotional Intelligence (EI) has generated a broad interest in the scientfic community in Spain. Prestigious social scientistis fro different lines of research contribute to this Special Issue on El, assessing imortant theoreical and empirical topics ont his construct. As an intoduction to this Special Issue, this paper reviews current models and approaches to El, together with teoretical, sociological, and practical aspecs of the concept. The first section of the Special Issue comprises manuscripts reviewing an important topic on El, the measurement of the concep. The second section of this issue assesses the predictive validity of El on different aspects of health. Finally, the third and fourth sections concentrate on the influence of El on the two appied fields, namely, education and organizations(AU)

Una aproximación a la integración de diferentes medidas de regulación emocional / Theoretical integration of different measures of emotional regulation

El presente estudio examina la posibilidad de integración teórica de diferentes medidas de regulación emocional. En concreto se analiza la relación empírica existe entre ellas con el objetivo de comprendermejor los mecanismos sobre os que trabaja el mnejo emocional. En el estudio participaron 161 estudiantes univrsitarios que fueron evuados a través de tres medidas de regulació emocional: Inteligencia Emocional Percibida (TMMS); Estrategias de Supresión emocional y Reevaluación Cognitiva (ERQ); Afrontaietno Emocional (EAC) y en variales criteio como la Autoestima y la Satisfacción Vital (SWLS). Además este estudio investiga la validez incrmental, convergente y discriminanate de las medids de regulación emocinal para explicar la varianza de diferentes variables criterio: la satisfacción vital y la autoestima. Los resultados obtenidos fueron en la dirección esperada, mosrando que las dimensiones d elas diferentes corrientes estudiadas parecen estar evluando en la práctica el mismo tipo de estrategias de manejo emocional(AU)

This study examines the possibility of theoretical integration of different measure of emotional regulation. In particular, we analyse the empirical relationship existing between such measures with the aim of gaining a better understanding of the mehanisms on which emotional management operates. The study was carried out with 161 undergraduates that were evaluated through three measures of emotinl regulation: Perceived Emotional Inelligence (TMMS); Emotional Suppression and emotional reappraisl strategies (ERQ), Emotional copig (EAC) and in criterion variabes such as Self-Esteem and Life Satisfaction (SWLS). Likeise, the present study investigates the incremental, convergent and disriminant validity of emotional regulation measures to account for the variance of the several criterion variables: life satisfaction and self-esteem. The results obtained pointed to expected direction, showing that the dimensions of the various tendencies studied seem to be assessing in practice the same type of emotional management strategies(AU)

Inteligencia emocional percibida y consumo de tabaco y alcohol en adolescentes / Emotional intelligence and teenagers alcohol/tobacco consumption

Esta investigación examinó la relación entre la inteligencia emocional (IE) y el consumo de alcohol y tabaco en adolescentes. A IE entendida como la capacidad para percibir, comprender y regular las emociones de manera adecuada, se asocia con la disminución de conducas de risgo para la salud en las que se incluye el consumo de tabaco y alcohol. La hipóteis de nuestro estudio es que las personas que tengan más desarrolladas estas habilidades nor ecurrirán al consumo de drogas para regular sus estados emocionales negativos. En el etudio participaron alumnos de entre 11 y 21 años. Para evaluar la IE utilizamos el Trait Meta Mood Scale y para evaluar el consumo de sustancias adictivas empleamos el cuestionario sobr drogas del Observatorio Nacional sobre drogas. Los adolescentes con una mayor puntuación en IE muestran un menor consumo de tabaco y alcohol. Los adoescentes conuna menor puntuación en IE recurren al consumo de estas sustancias como una forma externa de autoregulación emocional(AU)

The investigacition examined the relationship between emotional intelience (EI) and teenae alcohol /tobacco consumption. Emotional intelligence, understood as the ability to perceive, undersand and regulate emotions in an adequate way, is associeated to a reduction in conducts entailing a risk for health, including tobacco and alcohol consumption. They hypothesis of our study is that persons who have developed these abilties to a larger extent shall not resort to drug consumption in order to regulate their negative emotional states. The participants of the study were students aged between 11 and 21. In order to evaluate emotional intelligence, we used the Trait Meta Mood Scale and to evaluate consumption of addictive substances we resorted to he questionnaire on drugs of the National Observatory on Durgs. Teenagers scoring higher in Emotional Intelligence reveal smaller tobacco and alcohol consumption levels. Teenagers scoring lower in Emotional Intelligence resort to consumption of these substances as an external form of emotional self-regulation(AU)

Actividad física en la tercera edad: análisis de sus relaciones con la inteligencia emoional percibida y los estilos de respuesta a la depresión / Perceived emotional intelligence, response style and physical actvity in old age

Este estudio se centra en explorar cómo interracciona la ineligencia emocional percibida (IEP) y los estilos de respueta perciida (IEP) y los estilos de respueta con la práctica de la acividad física en los ancianos. La muestra fue constituida por 400 ancianos prougueses, con edades comprendidas entre los 65 y 95 años. La actividad física fue evaluada con el cuestionario de Baecke, adaptado por Voorips et al (1991), la IE con el TMMS-24 (SALOVEY ET AL, 1995) y los estilos de respuesta, con el RTD (Nolen-Hoeksema y Morrow, 1991). Los resultados deosrarn que la práctica de actividad física regular se asociaba cn mayores nivels de IEP (atención t=3,217; p<0,01, claridad t=4,214; p<0,001, reparación: t=5,663; p<0,001) y mayores respuetas de distracción (t=3,072; p<0,001). En conclusión, el ejercicio fisico regular puede ser u factor protector contra el deterioro de la IE de los ancianos y constituir de hecho una respuesta adaptaiva de distracción de sus sentimientos depresivos(AU)

This study is focused on the way emotional intelligence and response style interacts with physical activity of the The sample consisted of 400 elderly people portuguese with ages ranging from 65 to 95. Elerly people. The measuremetn of the physical activity with the questionnaire by Baecke adapted by Voorrips et al (1991). The El of MMS-24; Salovey et al., 1995). We used the SRS to assess response style (Nolen-Hoeksema y Morrow, 1991). The results show that the practice of reguar physical activity causes a sigificant improvement inte EIP (attention: t=3,217; p<0,001, clarity: t=4,214; p<0,001, reapir t=5,662; p<0,001) and the “distraction response style” (t=3072; p<0,01). The conclusion of this study show that the elderly people´s aprticiparion in a regular physical activity program amay be a protection factor against deterioration of all emotiona intelligence, and consist of a pleasant disracting response to depressive mood(AU)

Diferencias étnicas en inteligencia emocional percibida en los Estados Unidos y México / Ethinic group differences in perceived emotional intelligence within the united states and Mexico

This study investigted etnic differences in the United States and Mexico on Perceived Emotional Intelligence (PEI). The invesigation exploed te hypothesis f ethnic variability in PEI by having African Americans, Latino Americans, Whites and Mexicans complete the Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS) on three factors: Attention, Clarity, and Repair of emotions. A total of 519 participants volunteered to complet the TMMS. The resutls showed that for Attention and Clarity there were significant differences among ethnic groups with Mexicans scoring lower than African Americans, Latino Americans and Whits. However, on Repair, there were no significant differences among ethnic groups. Additionally, results indicated ethnic groups. Additionally, results indicated gender difference between women and men on Attention and Clarity. Women socred hhger than men on Attention and lower than men on Clariy. These findings suggest that particular ethnic groups can have notable differences in certain domains of PEI. However, researchers shoulde be guarded in assuming that particualr ethinic groups can have greater PEI, without first conrolling essential socio-demographic variables(AU)

The cognitive correlates of affect intensity, together with the relationships between this variable and socio-demographic and outcome variables such as, respectively, age and anxiety remian understudied. This work analyzes age diffferences in affect intensity and in two types of cognitive coping strategies in threatening situations; vigilance and distraction. Also, the relationship between this two variables and their association with the level on anxiety is explored. Fifty five younger and 51 older subjects (aged 60 and more) participated in the study. The resuls revealed significant age differences in the assessed variables, as well as differential interrelationships between them in the 2 age groups. Also, affect intesity and cognitive coping apperar to be more related to anxiety in the older subjects group. The relevance of age in the analysis of the relationships between psychological construct is highlighted(AU)

La inteligencia emocional percibida y su influencia sobre la satisfacción vital, la felicidad subjetiva y el engagement en trabajadores de centros para personas con discapacidad intelectual / Perceived emocional intelligence and its influence on vital satisfaction, subjetive apiñes and engagement in professionals who work with mentally retarded people

Este estudio analiza la relación entre los niveles de inteligencia emocional percibida y satisfacción vital, felicidad subjetiva y engagement en una muestra de personal asistencial que trabaja con personas con discapacidad intelectual. Para ello se utilizó la escala Trail Meta-Mood Scale que evalúa la inteligencia emocional percibida (Salovey et al., 1995), la escala de satisfacción vital (Diener et al., 1985), la escala de felicidad subjetiva (Lyubomirsky y Lepper, 1999) y una escala de engagement (Schaufeli et al., 2002). Los resultados mostraron que, en general, los componentes de inteligencia emocional percibida predijeron aspectos relacionados con bienestar personal (mayor satisfacción vital y felicidad subjetiva) y dimensiones positivas del engagement (dedicación y absorción). Además, se encontraron relaciones positivas entre satisfacción vital y felicidad subjetiva y las dimensiones de engagement

This study examines the relationship among the levels of perceived emotional intelligence and vital satisfaction, subjective happiness and engagement in a sample of human service professionals who work with mentally retarded people. Data were collected by the Trait Meta-Mood Scale for perceived emotional intelligence (Salovey et al., 1995), by the Satisfaction With Life Scale (Diener et al., 1985), by the Subjective Happiness Scale (Lyubomirsky & Lepper, 1999) and by the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (Schaufeli et al., 2002). In general, results showed that components of perceived emotional intelligence predicted better personal well-being (higher vital satisfaction and subjective happiness) and positive dimensions of engagement (dedication and absorption). Moreover, significant relationships among vital satisfaction and subjective happiness with different dimensions of engagement were found