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Relationship between self‐compassion and emotional intelligence in nursing students
Author(s) -
Şenyuva Emine,
Kaya Hülya,
Işik Burçin,
Bodur Gönül
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/ijn.12204
Subject(s) - compassion , psychology , emotional intelligence , nursing , self compassion , health care , population , empathy , distress , social psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , mindfulness , environmental health , political science , law , economics , economic growth
Nursing focuses on meeting physical, social and emotional health‐care needs of individuals, families and society. In health care, nurses directly communicate with patients and try to empathize with them. Nurses give care under emotionally intense conditions where the individual undergoes pain and distress. Research is aimed at analysing the correlation of self‐compassion and emotional intelligence of nursing students. The population of the research consisted of all the undergraduate students (571 students) of the 2010–2011 fall semester of the department of nursing. An information form, S elf‐compassion S cale and E motional I ntelligence A ssessment S cale were utilized to obtain data for the research. For the assessment of the findings of research, S tatistical P ackage for S ocial S ciences 16.0 for W indows was utilized for statistical analysis. Results indicated that there is a correlation between self‐compassion and emotional intelligence and that emotional intelligence, which includes the individual perceiving one's emotions and using the knowledge one gained from them to function while directing thoughts, actions and professional applications, has positive contributions to the features of nurses with developed self‐compassion.