Effects of Emotional Intelligence Training on Symptom Severity in Patients With Depressive Disorders

Mohamed A. Zoromba, Heba E. EL-Gazar, Ahmed Salah, Haitham El-Boraie, Abdel-Hady El-Gilany and Ahmed Hashem El-Monshed

Clinical Nursing Research, 2023, vol. 32, issue 2, 393-405

Abstract: Depressive disorders affect individual’s thoughts, feelings, and social interactions. Enhancing emotional competencies of depressed individuals may alleviate their suffering. Purpose : This study aimed to compare depression severity and emotional intelligence before and after emotional intelligence training in patients with depressive disorders. Methods : A nonrandomized trial (one-group pretest–posttest) research design was applied to 69 patients purposively recruited. The patients’ sociodemographic and clinical data were collected. The Beck Depression Inventory-II and Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire-Short Form were completed before and immediately after an 8-weeks of focused weekly group training. Results : A significant improvement in the scores of well-being, self-control, emotionality, and sociability; total emotional intelligence scores; and total depression scores was perceived after training ( Z  = 5.601, 4.398, 5.686, and 3.516; 4.943; and 2.387, respectively). Implications for Nursing Practice : As emotional intelligence can be learned; it may be a target for interventions when dealing with patients with depressive disorders by strengthening their emotional intelligence.

Keywords: depressive disorders; emotional intelligence training (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1177/10547738221074065

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