Validating relationships among attachment, emotional intelligence and clinical communication

Abstract

In more demanding and realistic clinical scenarios, EI makes a greater contribution towards effective PPC. Attachment is perceived to be stable from early adulthood, whereas EI can be developed using targeted educational interventions. The validation of this theoretical model of PPC in Year 2 medical students strengthens the potential educational implications of EI.

Relationship Between Nursing Students’ Emotional Intelligence and Their Clinical Performance During Obstetrics and Gynaecologic Nursing Practical Training

“…This result was consistent with the researches conducted by Cherry et al, 2014, Hacettepe and Kose, 2013 and Lee and Ok, 2013. [43,44,45] The first had studied "validating relationships among attachment, EI and clinical communication". The second had studied "evaluation of EI and communication skills of health care manager candidates".…”

Do doctors’ attachment styles and emotional intelligence influence patients’ emotional expressions in primary care consultations? An exploratory study using multilevel analysis

“…However, there remains substantial variation in primary care providers' ability to identify and respond to patients displaying signs of emotional distress, indicating a need for targeted investigation of the factors associated with individual differences in their PPC [19]. Two related psychological theories may provide a theoretical framework for understanding why providers demonstrate different PPC behaviours when faced with the same situational stimuli: attachment theory, and the theory of emotional intelligence (EI) [20][21][22][23][24][25] [26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34].…”

“…Prior research indicates that both attachment style and EI are independently associated with PPC, particularly providers' abilities to acknowledge and respond to patients' cues of emotional distress [20,22,[39][40][41][42]. However, whilst attachment is thought to remain relatively stable throughout the lifespan [43], EI is developmental [44] and can be enhanced throughout medical education using targeted educational interventions [45,46].…”

“…Informed by these data, we developed a theoretically-informed model of PPC in which we hypothesised that attachment would indirectly influence providers' PPC by negatively influencing their EI. We tested this model in first-and second-year medical students, communicating in a summative Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE) [20,22].…”

The emotional side of selecting for medicine

“…Over 50% of first‐year medical school performance is not accounted for by academic competency . Emotion‐based competencies, such as emotional recognition, self‐regulation and management, are also likely to play a large part in medical performance, yet historically have tended to be ignored in formal educational processes, including in medical school selection. Indeed, emotion has been viewed as anathema to the objectivity of scientific medicine .…”