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Emotional competence in healthcare professionals: correlationaland and comparative research

dc.contributor.authorVeiga-Branco, Augusta
dc.contributor.authorAfonso, Julieta
dc.contributor.authorCaetano, Isabelle
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-16T15:53:05Z
dc.date.available2013-05-16T15:53:05Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractEmotional competence in healthcare professionals: correlational and comparative research Introdution - The relevance of this first empirical research (to our knowledge) in Continued Care National Network (RCNN) context,emerge to understand the role of emotions in workplace (Austin, Dore & Donovan, 2008; Liu et al. 2008; Barsade, Ramarajan, Burack,2008), here, with ill people and great physical and psychological weakness. Recent scientific literature expose a significantly negative correlations between Emotional Intelligence (EI) and emotional exhaution (Geng; Li; Zhou, 2011), and the development of Emotional Competence skills in workplace context (Veiga-Branco, 2007). Aim - To study the Emotional Competence’s (EC) profile and the differences between capacities levels profiles in health professionals:physiotherapists and social workers in Portuguese RNCC. Method - This quantitative, comparative, descriptive and correlational study, was performed in two independents probabilistics samples including 91 health professionals, 58 physiotherapists—9 male and 49 female—and 33 social workers—3 male and 30 female. Was applied ‘‘Escala Veiga de Competência Emocional’’ (EVCE), developed by Veiga-Branco (2009); and data was descriptive, correlational study (SPSS 17) and multiple regression. Results/Discussion - In global sample, five competencies were identified, with significantly positive correlations between EC and the 5 capacities, and the ranking of the correlations was: Self-conscience (rho = 0.770; p\0.01), Emotions Management in Group (rho = 0.767; p\0.01), Self-motivation (rho = 0.680; p\0.01), Emotions Management (rho = 0.653; p\0.01), and Empathy (rho = 0.259; p\0.05), according the protective effort of trait EI in occupational stress (Miklolajczak, Menil, & Luminet, 2007). Results show that EC profiles have—in these samples—some differences on capacities: the EC profile is significantly different between physiotherapists and social workers, proving that workplace can be a moderate variable as follows: social workers present a superior level (x = 4.195) in EC profile, than physiotherapists (x = 4.705); and the estimated regression model includes for the physiotherapists sample, the five capacities, but not as theoretical model (Caruso, & Salovey, 2004): Emotion Management, Emotions Management in Group, Self-Motivation, Empaty, and finally Self-conscience, representing 98.4 % of the variance in EC. Social workers sample, presents a completely different model: only Self-conscience, and Emotions Management in Group entered in the model, representing 81.3 % of the variance, excluding the remaining capacities. Conclusions - Results clearly demonstrating the relationships of the EC with five capacities of the construct, but EC scores and EC profiles for social workers were significantly higher those for physiotherapists recognizing the relationship between emotional competence and workplace emotional skills, according with Karim, J.; Weisz, R. (2010) and Veiga-Branco (2010).por
dc.identifier.citationVeiga-Branco, Augusta; Afonso, Julieta; Caetano, Isabelle (2012). Emotional competence in healthcare professionals: correlationaland and comparative research. In The IEA-EEF European Congress of Epidemiology and Epidemiology for a Fair and Healthy Society. Porto. ISSN 0393-2990. p. s57-s57por
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dc.identifier.otherDOI 10.1007/s10654-012-9722-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/8392
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherSpringer - European Journal of Epidemiologypor
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs10654-012-9722-6por
dc.subjectEmotional inteligencepor
dc.subjectEmotional competencepor
dc.subjectPhysiotherapistspor
dc.subjectSocial workerspor
dc.titleEmotional competence in healthcare professionals: correlationaland and comparative researchpor
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oaire.citation.titleEuropean Journal of Epidemiologypor
oaire.citation.volumeEur J Epidemiol (2012) 27por
person.familyNameVeiga-Branco
person.givenNameAugusta
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