Confounding Factors Affecting the Emotional Intelligence Amongst Jordanian Nursing and Midwifery Undergraduate Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic's Outbreak: A Cross-Sectional Study Using USMEQ-i

Alnjadat, Rafi; Al-Rawashdeh, Ahmad

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.770261

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“…Another key limitation represents possible unmeasured confounders or spurious associations related to coping styles and mental health, including physical health. In a more recent paper, emotional ability decreased with age and lower income [ 60 ]. Education, recent income declines, and poor housing were found to be associated with a higher prevalence of mental disorders in adults [ 61 ].…”

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The Role of Emotional Skills (Competence) and Coping Strategies in Adolescent Depression

Vučenović

Sipek²,

Jelić

2023

EJIHPE

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Depression is a state of low mood that can lead to several negative outcomes on thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and even physical state. With that in mind, it is important to detect individuals at risk of developing depressive symptoms early and identify protective factors. During the COVID-19 pandemic, adolescents emerged as one of the most vulnerable groups, with deteriorated anxiety and depression due to imposed social isolation, reduced social activities, and concerns over household status, health, and peer support. Distance learning through public service broadcasts and online tools lasted for several months, posing the need for adjustment. This study aimed to assess emotional competence and coping styles as predictors of depression in a sample of adolescents. The study was conducted in-person on a sample of 142 high school students. A high percentage of participants reported above-average levels of depression (21.1% severely depressed). On average, girls reported higher levels of depression than boys (t = 3.86, p < 0.01). Gender differences were also found in emotion-focused coping and avoidance, with girls scoring higher on both (p < 0.05). However, there were no gender differences in problem-focused coping or emotional competence. Hierarchical regression analysis concluded that perceiving and understanding emotions, expressing and naming emotions, regulating emotions, and avoidance were significant predictors of depression. This regression model explained 53% of depression variance, with the regulation of emotions being the most powerful predictor (p < 0.01). No mediating effect of coping styles on the relationship between emotional competence and depression was found in this study.

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The Role of Emotional Skills (Competence) and Coping Strategies in Adolescent Depression

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Sipek²,

Jelić

2023

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“…Male nursing students in Muslim countries tend to feel trapped in nursing care and thus may have a low CDM threshold, because nursing is generally not regarded favorably as a profession by men [ 34 , 35 ]. Working in the gynecology, obstetrics, maternity, and pediatric wards is generally regarded as unsuitable for male nurses [ 36 ]. By contrast, many female nurses reported having fewer nursing skills than their male counterparts.…”

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Confounding factors affecting the clinical decision-making of nursing and midwifery students post-pandemic COVID-19: cross-sectional study in Jordan

Alnjadat,

Almomani,

Al Hadid

et al. 2024

BMC Nurs

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Background The ability of a nurse to make effective clinical decisions is the most important factor that can affect the treatment quality. However, several factors can affect the ability of nursing and midwifery students to make effective clinical decisions. Objectives This study aims to identify the confounding factors that may affect the clinical decision making of nurses and thus patient outcomes after the COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan. Methods A descriptive cross-sectional design was employed in this study. An online self-administered questionnaire was distributed to 269 nursing and midwifery students selected through purposive sampling, 224 of whom completed the questionnaire. The valid and reliable nursing decision-making instrument, which consisted of 24 items, was employed to gather the data, and descriptive statistics and simple linear regression were employed for the data analysis. Data was collected from November to the end of December 2022. Results Among the respondents, 72.8% were female, and the average age was 20.79 years (SD = 1.44). The vast majority of the respondents (94.6%) was unmarried, and 74.1% were pursuing a nursing degree. The simple linear regression analysis showed that clinical decision making had a negative and significant relationship with social media usage of an average of 6 h a day (β=−0.085). Moreover, the male nursing students obtained lower clinical decision-making scores (β= −0.408) compared with the female nursing students. Conclusion Social media usage and gender have a considerable effect on the clinical decision making of the nursing and midwifery students. Therefore, the confounding factors that can affect the clinical decision making of nurses should be discussed further, and strategies to address such factors should be implemented.

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Emotional intelligence evaluation tools used in allied health students: A scoping review

Lee,

Burrows,

James

et al. 2024

J of Medical Radiation Sci

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IntroductionEmotional intelligence (EI) is described as the ability to recognise and understand one's own emotions and the emotions of others, and empathically manage emotional responses. While historically not emphasised in undergraduate allied health sciences training, it is increasingly considered an essential graduate trait. This scoping review synthesises existing research on EI outcomes, specifically in undergraduate allied health professions students.MethodFour databases were searched in February 2024 using keywords relating to EI and empathy to identify studies published in English from 1990. Eligible studies needed to include assessment and reported outcomes using validated EI tools in health professions students.ResultsA total of 163 papers met the inclusion criteria. Many studies employed a cross‐sectional design (n = 115). Most studies (n = 135) focused on undergraduate students studying medicine (n = 62), nursing (n = 80) and dentistry (n = 13), with some studies (n = 21) evaluating more than one discipline. Many studies investigated one discipline only (n = 64 for nursing, n = 50 for medicine) using no comparator undergraduate degree. The most common EI models evaluated from this review were ability‐based (n = 77), followed by trait‐based models (n = 36) and mixed social–emotional competence (n = 35). Ability model evaluations of EI most commonly utilised the Schutte Self‐Report Emotional Intelligence Test (SSEIT) (n = 44) and the Mayer–Salovey–Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) (n = 24).ConclusionResearch on EI among undergraduate allied health fields is limited. Existing literature reveals there is some consensus on the importance of EI in healthcare education, but there is considerable variability in how EI is measured. Studies suggest higher levels of EI may correlate with improved student professional skill development in clinical reasoning, empathy and stress management.

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Confounding Factors Affecting the Emotional Intelligence Amongst Jordanian Nursing and Midwifery Undergraduate Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic's Outbreak: A Cross-Sectional Study Using USMEQ-i

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The Role of Emotional Skills (Competence) and Coping Strategies in Adolescent Depression

The Role of Emotional Skills (Competence) and Coping Strategies in Adolescent Depression

Confounding factors affecting the clinical decision-making of nursing and midwifery students post-pandemic COVID-19: cross-sectional study in Jordan

Emotional intelligence evaluation tools used in allied health students: A scoping review

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