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Journal of Educational Research and Reviews
Research Article | Published May 2020 | Volume 8, Issue 4, pp. 45-56.
 doi: https://doi.org/10.33495/jerr_v8i4.20.135

 

The Relationship among Emotional Intelligence, Stress and Coping Strategies for Nursing Students

 

 

 

 

Mervat E. A. El dahshan1*
Shimaa Ebrahim Elshall1
Soha Mamdouh El-Kholy1
Laila Shehata Dorgham2
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1. Nursing Administration Department, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University, Egypt.

2. Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Egypt.

 

 

 

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 Citation: El dahshan MEA, Elshall SE, El-Kholy SM, Dorgham LS (2020). The Relationship among Emotional Intelligence, Stress and Coping Strategies for Nursing Students. J. Edu. Res. Rev. 8(4): 45-56.
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 Abstract 

 

Emotional intelligence is a social skill that controls stress and influences one’s ability to cope with the demands and environmental pressures. It can enhance professional skills in health care providers such as, nursing students. This study aimed to explore the levels of emotional intelligence and stress among nursing students of the faculty of nursing, Menoufia University, as well as their more frequent used coping strategies, and the possible association among emotional intelligence, stress and the different coping strategies. A descriptive correlational research design was used in this study. A simple random sample (409) of undergraduate nursing students at the Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University participated in this study. Three instruments were applied, which are, Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test", Perceived Stress Scale and Coping Strategy Inventory. The current study revealed that the majority of nursing students (73.4%) experienced moderate to high levels of stress in spite of having average and above average levels of emotional intelligence, and they tended to use engagement coping strategies than disengagement coping strategies. Likewise, students with low levels of emotional intelligence, that is, below average (24.6%) tended to utilize disengagement coping strategies. Moreover, the study discovered that emotional intelligence was higher among older students than younger students and among female students than male students.

 

Keywords  Emotional intelligence   stress   coping strategies   nursing students  

 

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