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Article

Emotional Intelligence Components as Predictors of Engagement in Nursing Professionals by Sex

by
María del Mar Molero Jurado
1,
María del Carmen Pérez-Fuentes
1,*,
Ana Belén Barragán Martín
1,
José Jesús Gázquez Linares
1,2,*,
Nieves Fátima Oropesa Ruiz
1 and
María del Mar Simón Márquez
1
1
Department of Psychology, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
2
Department of Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago 4780000, Chile
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Healthcare 2020, 8(1), 42; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8010042
Submission received: 12 January 2020 / Revised: 19 February 2020 / Accepted: 20 February 2020 / Published: 22 February 2020
(This article belongs to the Section Nursing)
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Abstract

Engagement of nursing professionals is related to their psychological wellbeing, and therefore, emotional intelligence acts as a predictor. The purpose of this study was to analyze the explanatory value of the dimensions of emotional intelligence in engagement in both sexes, as well as the conditional effect of interaction of sex as a moderating variable. The sample was comprised of 2126 nurses with a mean age of 31.66 years. The Utrecht Work Engagement Scale and the Brief Inventory of Emotional Intelligence for Senior Citizens (EQ-i-20M) were used for their evaluation. The results revealed the existence of significant differences in engagement depending on the sex of the nursing professionals. Furthermore, this study showed that the interpersonal component of emotional intelligence is the predictor of engagement of female professionals, while mood and the interpersonal dimensions have a higher predictive value of engagement in males. Finally, this study was able to emphasize the sex differences found along with the importance of the role emotional intelligence dimensions have in engagement levels, which must be taken into account when designing intervention programs to improve engagement and promote participation of nursing professionals in their workplace.
Keywords: engagement; emotional intelligence; nursing; sex engagement; emotional intelligence; nursing; sex

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Molero Jurado, M.d.M.; Pérez-Fuentes, M.d.C.; Barragán Martín, A.B.; Gázquez Linares, J.J.; Oropesa Ruiz, N.F.; Simón Márquez, M.d.M. Emotional Intelligence Components as Predictors of Engagement in Nursing Professionals by Sex. Healthcare 2020, 8, 42. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8010042

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Molero Jurado MdM, Pérez-Fuentes MdC, Barragán Martín AB, Gázquez Linares JJ, Oropesa Ruiz NF, Simón Márquez MdM. Emotional Intelligence Components as Predictors of Engagement in Nursing Professionals by Sex. Healthcare. 2020; 8(1):42. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8010042

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Molero Jurado, María del Mar, María del Carmen Pérez-Fuentes, Ana Belén Barragán Martín, José Jesús Gázquez Linares, Nieves Fátima Oropesa Ruiz, and María del Mar Simón Márquez. 2020. "Emotional Intelligence Components as Predictors of Engagement in Nursing Professionals by Sex" Healthcare 8, no. 1: 42. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8010042

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Molero Jurado, M. d. M., Pérez-Fuentes, M. d. C., Barragán Martín, A. B., Gázquez Linares, J. J., Oropesa Ruiz, N. F., & Simón Márquez, M. d. M. (2020). Emotional Intelligence Components as Predictors of Engagement in Nursing Professionals by Sex. Healthcare, 8(1), 42. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8010042

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