The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence, Self-Esteem, and Empathy among Nursing Students—A Pilot Study (Part 1)

Castelino, Patsey Sera; Mendonca, Theresa Leonilda

doi:10.1055/s-0043-1769584

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“…Nurses who used the emotion domain had comparable outcomes. Similar to our findings, Castelino and Mendonca (2023) reported an important positive association between EI and nursing students’ self-esteem. Similar results were reported in research conducted among 400 nursing students across four academic levels in Egypt ( r = 0.307, P < .001) ( Mohamed, 2019 ).…”

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Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Self-Esteem among Nursing Students

Bsharat

2024

SAGE Open Nursing

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Introduction Nursing students must be able to detect the standpoints and demands of various sorts of individuals, as well as be competent in taking into account individual emotional reactions, self-confidence, stress management, and social role promotion. Objective The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between emotional intelligence and self-esteem among fourth-year nursing students. Methods The study was a cross-sectional study. Data were collected from 225 nursing students through a convenience sampling method in spring 2023 at Arab American University. The instruments of the study included “Schutte Self Report Emotional Intelligence Test” and the “Rosenberg self-esteem scale.” Results The analysis indicated that the emotional intelligence mean was 151.3 ± 1.9 (ranging from 33 to 165), which is high. Also, the analysis indicated that the self-esteem of the nursing students was high 24.3 ± 3.5 (ranging from 0 to 30). Furthermore, the analysis showed that there was a moderately positive relationship between nurses’ emotional intelligence and self-esteem. Conclusion The emotional intelligence and self-esteem among fourth-year nursing students were high. Also, self-esteem was found to have a moderately positive relationship with emotional intelligence and utilizing emotions.

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Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Self-Esteem among Nursing Students

Bsharat

2024

SAGE Open Nursing

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“…Previously, it was found that there is a significant relationship between EI and self-esteem among university students in Pakistan [13], which is similar to what was realized with student nurses participating in a crosssectional study in Saudi Arabia [14] aimed at determining their levels of emotional intelligence (EI) as well as self-esteem, and both were established to be high. Therefore, this finding demonstrates how complex an emotional intelligence construct can be within nursing students of middle-eastern universities, particularly when viewed against the backdrop of a specific cultural milieu such as the Saudi Arabian context.…”

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Emotional intelligence and self-esteem among Saudi Arabian and Indian nursing students: findings from two countries

Benjamin,

Pasay an,

Vijayalakshmi

et al. 2024

BMC Nurs

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Introduction Understanding the emotional intelligence (EI) and self-esteem of Indian and Saudi nursing students is important because their future nurse–patient relationships may be influenced by factors related to their unique cultural contexts. Hence, this study sought to investigate the EI and self-esteem of nursing students in Saudi Arabia and India. Methods A descriptive–comparative research design was used to compare 660 nursing students from Saudi Arabia and India who were enrolled in the study from September 2022 to January 2023. Nursing students were recruited from University A in Riyadh and University B in Abha, Saudi Arabia, and from University C in India. Results The study found significant differences in EI scores based on year of study (p < .011), age (p < .024), residence (p < .005), and academic performance (p < .008). Students in later years, over 20 years old, from urban areas, and with good grades, had higher EI scores. Conversely, only age showed a significant difference in the self-esteem scores (p < .002). The year of study (p > .670), residence (p > .430), and academic performance (p > .526) did not significantly affect self-esteem. Finally, urban residence and good academic performance were significant predictors of EI (p < .005), while none of the demographics predicted self-esteem (p > .005). Conclusion Higher emotional intelligence among nursing students can be associated with several variables, such as being in the higher years of study, older age, residing in an urban area, and good academic performance, whereas self-esteem appears to be hardly affected by these indicators but probably influenced by other aspects that were not measured. This implies that educators in relation to self-esteem should know the relationship between emotional intelligence and nursing practice besides healthcare establishments; they need to enhance their teaching methods so that learners can have more resilient attitudes towards work, provide quality patient care, and promote a better learning environment for nurses who will become stronger professionally in the future.

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“…20 Castellano PS et al in their study with nursing students in Mangalore, Karnataka found that a majority (65%) of the students had below average level of empathy. 21 Yucel H et al in their study on empathy in physiotherapy students in Istanbul found that the scores increased slightly after school entrance and the following years of study. However, they noted that there was a significant decrease in the clinical years.…”

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Assessment of compassion and empathy in students of health care professions

Rao,

Bhanu Sundeep

2024

JETHS

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Compassion is one of the most important qualities expected and anticipated by patients from their healthcare professionals. Empathy is the ability to recognize and respond to others’ emotions. What differentiates compassion from empathy is the creation of a strong desire to reduce suffering. To assess and compare compassion levels in students of MBBS, BSc Nursing and Bachelors in Physiotherapy (BPT) in a medical college. This is a descriptive study done at the NRI Medical College in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh state in India, The study involved students of 6 Semester MBBS (126), BSc Nursing 4 year (89) and 4 year BPT (48). The study instruments included the Compassion Score questionnaire & Toronto Empathy Questionnaire (TEQ) 3 which are both available freely in the public domain. Compassion scores in male students had a mean of 58.6 (range 22 to 78 and SD 9.2). Compassion scores in female students have a mean of 59.0 (range 29 to 80 and SD 9.1). Overall compassion scores were highest in MBBS students, both males and females when compared to Nursing and Physiotherapy students. Empathy scores also followed the same statistically significant pattern. Among compassion components, kindness was highest in BPT students while common humanity was higher in the medical students.MBBS students were seen to have significantly higher scores in all three negative components; indifference, separation and disengagement. It is proposed that the nature of training of nursing and physiotherapy students involves practical hands-on involvement in day to day care of their patients, while medical students are more involved in academic pursuits and less involvement with their patients during undergraduate training. Efforts must be made to encourage all healthcare students to inculcate empathy and compassion when communicating with patients. Empathy can be enhanced by adding training courses and workshops to the curriculum to teach empathy to develop interpersonal skills. There is a need to use innovative and creative approaches like simulation, role playing, storytelling and reflective discussion.

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The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence, Self-Esteem, and Empathy among Nursing Students—A Pilot Study (Part 1)

Cited by 3 publications

References 28 publications

Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Self-Esteem among Nursing Students

Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Self-Esteem among Nursing Students

Emotional intelligence and self-esteem among Saudi Arabian and Indian nursing students: findings from two countries

Assessment of compassion and empathy in students of health care professions

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