Relationship between self‐compassion and emotional intelligence in nursing students

Abstract

Nursing focuses on meeting physical, social and emotional health-care needs of individuals, families and society. In health care, nurses directly communicate with patients and try to empathize with them. Nurses give care under emotionally intense conditions where the individual undergoes pain and distress. Research is aimed at analysing the correlation of self-compassion and emotional intelligence of nursing students. The population of the research consisted of all the undergraduate students (571 students) of the 2010-2011 fall semester of the department of nursing. An information form, Self-compassion Scale and Emotional Intelligence Assessment Scale were utilized to obtain data for the research. For the assessment of the findings of research, Statistical Package for Social Sciences 16.0 for Windows was utilized for statistical analysis. Results indicated that there is a correlation between self-compassion and emotional intelligence and that emotional intelligence, which includes the individual perceiving one's emotions and using the knowledge one gained from them to function while directing thoughts, actions and professional applications, has positive contributions to the features of nurses with developed self-compassion.

Emotional intelligence and clinical performance/retention of nursing students

“…[19] investigated the correlation of self-compassion and EI of nursing students using self-compassion and EI Assessment Scales. The results showed a correlation between self-compassion and EI, which suggested that these two characteristics should be developed among nursing students.…”

“…They concluded that the development of self-compassion and EI in nursing students is imperative. [19]…”

Emotional Intelligence Levels of Nursing Students and Affecting Factors

“…Barkhordari ve Rostambeygi [8] tarafından hemşirelik birinci ve son sınıf öğrencilerinin duygusal zeka düzeyleri arasında fark olmadığı görülmüş, bu sonuç doğrultusunda hemşirelik eğitim müfre-datlarında DZ üzerinde durulması gerektiği belirtilmiştir. Hemşirelik öğrencilerinin DZ düzeyleri ile bakım davranışları, dayanıklılıkları [17] ve şefkat duyguları [18] arasında pozitif yönde bir ilişki olduğunu gösteren çalışma sonuçlarına rastlanmaktadır. Ayrıca DZ'nın hemşirelerin başetme mekanizmalarının yönetim tarzları ve performansları üzerinde olumlu etkilerinin olduğu da görülmektedir.…”

Psychological Empowerment, Emotional Intelligence and Professional Behavior among Nurse Interns

“…The same findings were reported by [46] who concluded that nursing students had fair emotional intelligence. Moreover, [47] specified that that nursing students had a moderate level of emotional intelligence. Besides, the study results parallels to [48] who found that moderate to high levels of emotional intelligence among nurses, and high levels of caring behavior reflect on patient satisfaction and desire to come back to these hospitals.…”