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  • Psychology
  • Emotional Intelligence Research

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  • Deficits in emotional skills can negatively impact nurses' personal well-being.
  • Poor emotional skills in nurses may lead to adverse patient outcomes.
  • Emotional intelligence (EI) is crucial for effective nursing practice.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the emotional intelligence (EI) scores of psychiatric-mental health nurses (PMHNs) using the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) against a normed population.
  • To compare EI scores of PMHNs as measured by two distinct instruments: the MSCEIT (performance-based) and the Self-Rated Emotional Intelligence Scale (SREIS) (self-report).

Main Methods:

  • A comparative descriptive and correlational study design was employed.
  • The study involved administering the MSCEIT and SREIS to a sample of PMHNs.
  • Data were analyzed to compare the sample's EI scores to normative data and examine correlations between the two EI measures.

Main Results:

  • Psychiatric-mental health nurses in the study exhibited a higher mean EI compared to the 5,000 participants in the normed MSCEIT sample.
  • Significant, albeit weak, correlations were identified between the perceiving and understanding emotion sub-scales of the MSCEIT and the SREIS.
  • The findings suggest potential differences in how self-report and performance-based EI measures capture EI in PMHNs.

Conclusions:

  • This study contributes valuable data on the EI levels of PMHNs in the United States.
  • The findings may stimulate further discussion and research into EI among PMHNs.
  • Further investigation is warranted to clarify the relationship between self-report EI tools (SREIS) and performance-based EI tools (MSCEIT) and their measurement of the EI construct.