Perceived Emotional Intelligence, Health and Somatic Symptomatology in Nursing Students
Author(s): José María Augusto-Landa, Beatriz Montes-Berges
Abstract: The present research attempted to study the relationship between the perceived emotional intelligence (PEI), health, and somatic illnesses. A sample of 116 nursing students completed the Trait Meta Mood Scale (TMMS) to measure Emotional Intelligence, the Health Survey (SF-36), and Somatic Symptoms Scale Revised (ESS R). The results obtained showed significant correlations between TMMS subscales (attention, clarity and repair) and the SF-36 factors, and between SF-36 factors and somatic illness subscales. The hierarchical regression analysis suggested that the perceived emotional intelligence subscale could explain an important variance of health. However, one-way Analysis of Variance found no significant differences in the health and somatic symptom scales, using two emotional repair levels, high or low. The relevance of these results for future research is discussed.
Pages: 197-211
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