An assessment and correlation of emotional Intelligence and mental health of medical students

Abstract

Introduction: Emotions like joy, anger, grief, jealousy, love, fear make our life worthwhile. Whatever we do, incites some emotion in us. If we are able to enjoy our emotions, without them having excessive control over us, then we can make ours as well as others’ lives better. Aim of the study was to assess and correlate emotional Intelligence with mental health. Methods: Type of study: Descriptive type of cross sectional study. Sampling: Simple random sampling. Study population: Under graduate students in a private medical college in western Uttar Pradesh. Study duration: 1/07/2019 to 1/09/2019. Sample size: 246. Results: The average emotional intelligence score was 26.82 with standard deviation of ±5.80. Average emotional intelligence among males was 27.04(±6.72) and was 26.63(±5.07) among females. Spearman Rank correlation coefficient “r” =0.789, showed highly positive correlation between ranks from both the score. (p=0.0000). Conclusions: The medical students showing higher scores of emotional intelligence are less likely to be mentally stressed.

Emotional intelligence and happiness in clinical medical students: A cross‐sectional multicenter study

“…14 The interfering role of happiness in this equation is unneglectable; hence, by exploring the relationship between these two parameters in medical students, planning to promote EI ability and happiness level with the purpose of better decision-making and being more prosperous in their job get possible. 15 At first glance, it becomes apparent that EI can indirectly bring medical students happiness through diminishing elements like burnout 16 and depression 17 and boosting their mental health 18 and life satisfaction. 19 Blanchard et al 16 revealed higher EI level leads to reduced burnout in US medical students; Sfeir et al 17 emphasized the EI-mediated association between extraversion and depression in Lebanese medical students; Khan et al 18 determined a meaningful direct correlation between EI and mental health in undergraduate medical students in western Uttar Pradesh.…”

“…At first glance, it becomes apparent that EI can indirectly bring medical students happiness through diminishing elements like burnout 16 and depression 17 and boosting their mental health 18 and life satisfaction. 19 Blanchard et al 16 revealed higher EI level leads to reduced burnout in US medical students; Sfeir et al 17 emphasized the EI‐mediated association between extraversion and depression in Lebanese medical students; Khan et al 18 determined a meaningful direct correlation between EI and mental health in undergraduate medical students in western Uttar Pradesh. Ooi et al 19 stated that EI could positively predict life satisfaction among Malaysian undergraduates.…”