The mediating role of emotional intelligence between negative life events and psychological distress among nursing students: A cross-sectional study
| Autor: | Ya-Ning Zhao, Xi-Feng Tian, Chang-Zai Li, Xing Fengmei, Chang-Xiang Chen, Pan Zhang, Qiqun Tang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Adult
Male China Cross-sectional study Personal distress Education Life Change Events 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Nursing Surveys and Questionnaires Adaptation Psychological Humans Interpersonal Relations 030212 general & internal medicine General Nursing Emotional Intelligence 030504 nursing Emotional intelligence Multilevel model Psychological distress Mental health Test (assessment) Cross-Sectional Studies Female Students Nursing Analysis of variance Empathy 0305 other medical science Psychology Stress Psychological Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Nurse Education Today. 44:121-126 |
| ISSN: | 0260-6917 |
| Popis: | Background Previous studies have highlighted that negative life events and emotional intelligence are significant predictors of mental health. However, whether emotional intelligence mediates the relationship between negative life events and psychological distress among nursing students have not been given adequate attention. Objectives To explore the relationship among negative life events, emotional intelligence and psychological distress and to examine the mediating role of emotional intelligence in psychological distress among Chinese nursing students. Design A cross-sectional survey using convenience sampling. Settings and Participants A total of 467 nursing students who were enrolled in a university in mainland of China. Methods A structured questionnaire was administered from September–November in 2013 to participants who consented to participate in the study. Independent variables were personal variables, emotional intelligence and negative life events. Outcome variable was psychological health. The means and standard deviations were computed. Student's t -test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were performed, to test the differences among the demographic characteristics on the psychological distress scores. Pearson correlation analyses and hierarchical regression analyses were performed. Results Negative life events were positively associated with psychological distress. Emotional intelligence was negatively associated with psychological distress and negative life events. Emotional intelligence mediated the relationship between negative life events and psychological distress. Conclusions The findings support the theory of Salovey and his colleagues, and provide evidence for emotional intelligence as a factor that buffers effects of negative life events on psychological distress. |
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