IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v17y2020i17p6347-d406650.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Evaluation of Emotional Intelligence among Master’s Degree Students in Nursing and Midwifery: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Author

Listed:
  • Fabiana Cassano

    (Section of Hygiene, Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy)

  • Andrea Tamburrano

    (Section of Hygiene, Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy)

  • Claudia Mellucci

    (Section of Hygiene, Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy)

  • Caterina Galletti

    (Section of Hygiene, Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy
    Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy)

  • Gianfranco Damiani

    (Section of Hygiene, Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy
    Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy)

  • Patrizia Laurenti

    (Section of Hygiene, Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy
    Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy)

Abstract

Emotional intelligence is an important skill for nurses and midwives and leads them to cleverly work in various fields and contexts, successfully handling colleagues, patients and their families. The aim of this cross-sectional study is to evaluate the relationship between emotional intelligence, sociodemographic and academic variables in current and former master’s degree students in nursing and midwifery, through the administration of a questionnaire to 71 subjects. Emotional intelligence is significantly related to gender. Females showed higher scores (0.2 points higher than men) for emotional intelligence factors, highlighting an excellent ability to “evaluate and express emotions in relation to others”. Moreover, significant differences in academic performances are shown: both females and midwives demonstrated higher academic performance (a mean degree mark 3.8 points higher than men and a mean degree mark 2.6 point than nurses, respectively). High levels of emotional intelligence in individuals who carried out training activities in the organization area are also evident: These subjects have an ability regarding the “regulation of emotion in the others”, which is significantly higher ( p = 0.01) than those interested in other master’s degree areas. Emotional intelligence (EI) is strongly linked to the individual’s characteristics and their personalities and differs from technical and professional skills. EI is also an excellent predictor of professional success.

Suggested Citation

  • Fabiana Cassano & Andrea Tamburrano & Claudia Mellucci & Caterina Galletti & Gianfranco Damiani & Patrizia Laurenti, 2020. "Evaluation of Emotional Intelligence among Master’s Degree Students in Nursing and Midwifery: A Cross-Sectional Survey," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(17), pages 1-12, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:17:p:6347-:d:406650
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/17/6347/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/17/6347/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Ritin Fernandez & Yenna Salamonson & Rhonda Griffiths, 2012. "Emotional intelligence as a predictor of academic performance in first‐year accelerated graduate entry nursing students," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 21(23-24), pages 3485-3492, December.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Nerea Jiménez-Picón & Macarena Romero-Martín & José Antonio Ponce-Blandón & Lucia Ramirez-Baena & Juan Carlos Palomo-Lara & Juan Gómez-Salgado, 2021. "The Relationship between Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence as a Protective Factor for Healthcare Professionals: Systematic Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(10), pages 1-14, May.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Omer Okan Fettahlioglu & Alican Afsar, 2016. "The Effects on the Perception of Alienation of Breach of Psychological Contract Occurred due to the Emotional Witlessness," International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, vol. 6(11), pages 459-473, November.
    2. Behzad Imani & Sima Mohamad Khan Kermanshahi & Zohreh Vanaki & Anoshiravan Kazemnejad Lili, 2018. "Hospital nurses’ lived experiences of intelligent resilience: A phenomenological study," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 27(9-10), pages 2031-2040, May.
    3. Yun Zhu & Congcong Liu & Bingmei Guo & Lin Zhao & Fenglan Lou, 2015. "The impact of emotional intelligence on work engagement of registered nurses: the mediating role of organisational justice," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 24(15-16), pages 2115-2124, August.
    4. Andrea McCloughen & Kim Foster, 2018. "Nursing and pharmacy students’ use of emotionally intelligent behaviours to manage challenging interpersonal situations with staff during clinical placement: A qualitative study," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 27(13-14), pages 2699-2709, July.
    5. Andrea Izquierdo & Raquel Gilar-Corbí & Teresa Pozo-Rico & Juan Luis Castejón, 2023. "Pre-Service Teachers’ Personal Traits and Emotional Skills: A Structural Model of General Mental Ability," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(4), pages 21582440231, October.
    6. Lesley Gratrix, 2014. "Commentary on Fernandez R, Salamonson Y and Griffiths R (2012) Emotional intelligence as a predictor of academic performance in first‐year accelerated graduate entry nursing students. Journal of Clini," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 23(17-18), pages 2687-2688, September.
    7. Aniel Jessica Leticia Brambila-Tapia & Aris Judit Miranda-Lavastida & Nancy Araceli Vázquez-Sánchez & Nancy Lizbeth Franco-López & Martha Catalina Pérez-González & Gonzalo Nava-Bustos & Francisco José, 2022. "Association of Health and Psychological Factors with Academic Achievement and Non-Verbal Intelligence in University Students with Low Academic Performance: The Influence of Sex," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(8), pages 1-12, April.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:17:p:6347-:d:406650. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.