“…The results showed that social support was an important predictor of emotional performance and, therefore, of exhaustion, while self-efficacy does not seem to be a significant predictor. In recent studies, positive relationships have been found between general self-efficacy and emotional intelligence (Gharetepeh, Safari, Pashaei, Razaei, & Bagher, 2015) and also with perceived social support (Simón et al, 2017) in students of different health degrees/diplomas. The positive relationship between self-efficacy and emotional intelligence and the benefits to communication skills improvement was also confirmed in samples of nursing professionals (Zhu, Chen, Shi, Liang, & Liu, 2016).…”