Relation between Emotional Intelligence, Personal Meaning and Psychological Well-being among Nursing Students

Abstract

Background: The nursing graduates must not only possess technical and critical thinking skills, but also be equipped to manage softpeople skills such as communication skills, character traits, attitudes, career attributes in addition to emotional intelligence skills. The aim of the study: So the current study aimed at assessing the relationship between emotional intelligence, personal meaning and psychological well-being among nursing students. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive design was utilized in this study. The study was conducted at College of Nursing, King Saud University. College of Nursing follows the credit hours system. The present study was held at the second term of the academic year 2014-2015. Subjects: A representative sample (50%) of the registered students was randomly selected using simple random sampling method. Four tools were used to collect data for the current study. Tools of data collection: A Socio-demographic and academic data questionnaire, Emotional Intelligence Scale and Personal Meaning Scale and Psychological Well-being Scale. Results: showed that there was a significant statistical relationship between students’ emotional intelligence and their age. Also there were significant statistical differences between students’ emotional intelligence, personal meaning and the students’ grades. While, there was no significant statistical relationship between students wellbeing and their academic grade level. Conclusion: It was concluded that there were significant statistical differences between students’ emotional intelligence, personal meaning and the students’ grades. While, there was no significant statistical relationship between students’ wellbeing and their academic grade level. Recommendation: Further research was recommended to compare wellbeing and intelligence levels in young adults as they progress through the transitions of increasing independence that comes with adulthood.