Emotional intelligence and anxiety, stress, and depression in Iranian resident physicians

Abstract

Background:Residency is one of the most critical periods of medical education. Residents are susceptible in high risk for mental problems which can affect the doctor–patient relationship. Emotional intelligence (EI) correlates closely with stress and mental health. Considering the important role of EI in medical education and with regard to lack of studies in this group in Iran, this study conducted to determine the relationship between EI and stress, anxiety, and depression in a sample of resident physician in our university of medical sciences.Materials and Methods:In this cross-sectional study, 245 residents were invited, but only100 questionnaires were analyzed, and the response rate was 41%. From this, 26 were men and 74 were women. Bar-on EI questionnaire, Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21, for evaluating the stress, anxiety, and depression and demographic characteristics were used.Results:The mean score of EI in resident physician was 330.24 ± 38.5. The mean score of stress, anxiety, and depression was 17.8 ± 8.6, 10.04 ± 7.99, and 10.49 ± 8.67 respectively. There was a negative relation between mean score of anxiety (R = −0.0525), stress (R = −0.639), and depression (R = −0.644) with a mean score of EI.Conclusion:Higher EI appears to be good predictors of lower stress, anxiety, and depression in resident physician.

Correlation between emotional intelligence and negative emotions of front‐line nurses during the COVID‐19 epidemic: A cross‐sectional study

“…Emotional intelligence level is negatively correlated with anxiety, depression and stress. This had been confirmed in several studies (Cejudo et al, 2018; Kousha et al, 2018; Nolidin et al, 2013). In a study of twin women's prenatal anxiety and depression, Fu said (Fu et al, 2020) under anxiety, depression and stress, high EI might be more likely to recognise negative emotions.…”

Hubungan Tingkat Kecerdasan Emosi Dengan Derajat Depresi Pada Mahasiswa Kedokteran

“…Dalam proses pembelajarannya banyak mahasiswa baru merasa penuh dengan tuntutan, adanya kebutuhan untuk belajar terus-menerus, tanggung jawab yang berlebihan dan kurangnya waktu untuk istirahat. (Kousha, Bagheri and Heydarzadeh, 2018). Rutinitas yang sering terjadi dalam kehidupan mahasiswa kedokteran adalah tidur yang tidak mencukupi, jam kuliah yang melelahkan, beban keuangan, lingkungan yang tidak mendukung dan faktor sosial lainnya (Onyishi et al, 2016).…”

“…Mahasiswa baru ini mengalami masa transisi, mereka mencoba menyesuaikan diri, mempertahankan nilai yang bagus, merencanakan masa depan dan berada jauh dari rumah yang sering menyebabkan kecemasan yang berujung pada depresi (Sarokhani, 2013).Dalam proses pembelajarannya banyak mahasiswa baru merasa penuh dengan tuntutan, adanya kebutuhan untuk belajar terus-menerus, tanggung jawab yang berlebihan dan kurangnya waktu untuk istirahat. (Kousha, Bagheri and Heydarzadeh, 2018). Rutinitas yang sering terjadi dalam kehidupan mahasiswa kedokteran adalah tidur yang tidak mencukupi, jam kuliah yang melelahkan, beban keuangan, lingkungan yang tidak mendukung dan faktor sosial lainnya (Onyishi et al, 2016).…”

Transpersonal Gratitude, Emotional Intelligence, Life Contentment, and Mental Health Risk Among Adolescents and Young Adults

“…The mental health risk could be assessed through level of depression, anxiety, and stress as these three forms the fundamentals of mental health problems, which is evident from the literature aforementioned (APA, 2013; Lee et al, 2019;McHugh et al, 2020). The literature support also demonstrates that the factors like transpersonal gratitude, emotional intelligence, and life contentment could help reduce depression, anxiety, and stress (Chowdhury, 2020;Ghazwin et al, 2016;Kousha et al, 2018).…”

“…Also, it has been found that emotional intelligence; the ability to understand and manage one's emotions and of others around us (Salovey & Mayer, 1990;Schutte et al, 1998), is associated with transpersonal gratitude such that higher the gratitude higher the emotional intelligence (Geng, 2018). The higher emotional intelligence leads to decrease depression, anxiety, and stress (Davis & Humphray, 2012;Kim et al, 2017;Kousha et al, 2018;Tannous & Matar, 2010). The third variable of study interest is life contentment.…”