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

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Section of Hygiene, Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy
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Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(17), 6347; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176347
Received: 15 July 2020 / Revised: 6 August 2020 / Accepted: 27 August 2020 / Published: 31 August 2020
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. View Full-Text
Keywords: emotional intelligence; nursing; medical education; midwifery; students; survey; EIS questionnaire emotional intelligence; nursing; medical education; midwifery; students; survey; EIS questionnaire
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Cassano, F.; Tamburrano, A.; Mellucci, C.; Galletti, C.; Damiani, G.; Laurenti, P. Evaluation of Emotional Intelligence among Master’s Degree Students in Nursing and Midwifery: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 6347. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176347

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Cassano F, Tamburrano A, Mellucci C, Galletti C, Damiani G, Laurenti P. Evaluation of Emotional Intelligence among Master’s Degree Students in Nursing and Midwifery: A Cross-Sectional Survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(17):6347. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176347

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Cassano, Fabiana, Andrea Tamburrano, Claudia Mellucci, Caterina Galletti, Gianfranco Damiani, and Patrizia Laurenti. 2020. "Evaluation of Emotional Intelligence among Master’s Degree Students in Nursing and Midwifery: A Cross-Sectional Survey" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 17: 6347. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176347

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