Emotional intelligence in older adults: psychometric properties of the TMMS-24 and relationship with psychological well-being and life satisfaction

Delhom, Iraida; Gutiérrez, Melchor; Lucas‐Molina, Beatriz; Meléndez, Juan C.

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“…These studies have indicated that EI is associated with a higher degree of life Positive aging: the relationship between emotional intelligence and psychological, social and physical wellbeing Volume 3 Issue 1 -2018 Galdona N, 1 Martínez-Taboada C, 2 Etxeberria I,3 Urdaneta E, 4 Aldaz E satisfaction. [16][17][18]8,12 In line with those studies Galdona 12 found a relevant finding between perceived EI and life satisfaction. Perceived EI is the ability to pay attention to emotions, to understand and regulate them.…”

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Positive Aging: The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Psychological, Social and Physical Wellbeing

Galdona¹,

Martínez-Taboada²,

Etxeberría³

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Euskampus, University of the Basque Country, SpainCorrespondence: Cristina Maritnez-Taboada, Psicología social y metodología de las ciencias del comportamiento, University of the Basque Country, Spain, Email cristinamtk@gmail.com Nerea Galdona Erquicia, Research and development, Matia Instituto Gerontologico, Spain, Email nerea.galdona@matiafundazioa.eus AbstractNowadays ageing in a healthy way is one of the greatest challenges of our era. There are several factors associated with the emotional functioning of an individual which are necessary for managing and regulating emotional life, such as perceiving and understanding emotions and being able to regulate them. Such abilities are well encompassed by the Emotional Intelligence (EI) construct. An impressive body of literature indicates that EI has a significant influence on psychological, social and physical health. However, to date, such evidence cannot be extended accurately to the older population as the vast majority of studies have been focused on samples composed of adolescents and young adults. Therefore the aim of the current review is to analyze what extent is linked to psychosocial and physical functioning among older people.

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Positive Aging: The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Psychological, Social and Physical Wellbeing

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Etxeberría³

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“…The TMMS‐24 yielded good reliability values in the present study (α = 0.85, α = 0.88 and α = 0.86 for Attention, Clarity and Repair, respectively), similar to the coefficients reported for the validated Spanish version. The TMMS‐24 has also shown good values of construct and discriminant validity (Delhom, Gutierrez, Lucas‐Molina, & Meléndez, ).…”

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The association between alexithymia, emotional intelligence and burnout among nursing assistants working in nursing home settings: A cross‐sectional study

Aldaz

Aritzeta

Galdona

2019

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Aims To determine the explanatory power of alexithymia and emotional intelligence over burnout and to examine their combined explanatory capacity over burnout in the context of older adult care. Design Cross‐sectional. All participants voluntarily and anonymously completed a questionnaire survey. They were all blind to the aim of the study. Methods One hundred and fifty‐nine nursing assistants recruited during 2014 took part in the study. They belong to 10 nursing homes in the north of Spain. Sociodemographic and work‐related information was collected, and measures of burnout, alexithymia and emotional intelligence were administered. Data were examined by means of regression analyses. Results The analysis showed that alexithymia made a moderate contribution to the depersonalization and personal accomplishment dimensions of burnout, controlling for the influence of work characteristics. Emotional intelligence did not have incremental validity over alexithymia in explaining burnout. Conclusion Alexithymia, rather than emotional intelligence, is a stronger explanatory variable for burnout among nursing assistants working in nursing homes. Impact Alexithymia and emotional intelligence are related to burnout and help to explain why, in the same context, each worker is affected differently by chronic stress at work. However, their combined explanatory capacity in nursing assistants working with older people remains underexplored. In our sample, alexithymia explains burnout better than emotional intelligence, a finding that was both unexpected and theoretically relevant. Researchers should take this into account when studying personal resources to prevent and manage burnout among nursing assistants, as alexithymia, rather that emotional intelligence, could play an important role once workers are burned out. Training nursing assistants to identify and describe emotions should be considered as part of their training programmes and/or in nursing homes as an institutional strategy to prevent burnout and to improve the quality of older adult care.

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“…We and the Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS). [22][23][24] Thus, further longitudinal studies should be performed to elucidate whether there is a cause-andeffect relationship between EI and addictive disorders.…”

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A critical literature review on emotional intelligence in addiction

Leite

Martins

Trevizol

et al. 2019

Trends Psychiatry Psychother.

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Introduction Emotional intelligence (EI) has been defined as the ability to perceive, understand, use and manage emotions. Studying EI could potentially be useful in understanding addictive behaviors as well as for designing and planning interventions. Objectives To conduct a critical review on EI impairment in addiction disorders. Methods MEDLINE/PubMed, Google Scholar, Cochrane, LILACS, and SciELO databases were searched. Articles that used the standardized Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) instrument to assess EI in people with addictions and healthy controls were selected for the review. Results We selected seven articles assessing EI and its associations with addiction disorders, mainly alcohol abuse and cocaine dependence. Most studies reported that individuals with addiction disorders had worse EI scores when compared to controls. Conclusion Overall, the studies reviewed demonstrated that addictions are associated with EI deficits, compared to controls. However, aspects such as the small number of addictive disorders analyzed, methodological issues related to instruments for assessment of IE and the lack of follow-up remain significant limitations.

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Emotional intelligence in older adults: psychometric properties of the TMMS-24 and relationship with psychological well-being and life satisfaction

Cited by 51 publications

References 23 publications

Positive Aging: The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Psychological, Social and Physical Wellbeing

Positive Aging: The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Psychological, Social and Physical Wellbeing

The association between alexithymia, emotional intelligence and burnout among nursing assistants working in nursing home settings: A cross‐sectional study

A critical literature review on emotional intelligence in addiction

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