Testing the Reliability and Validity of Tools Based on the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Four-Branch Ability Model of Emotional Intelligence with Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses

<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>Testing the Reliability and Validity of Tools based on the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Four-Branch Ability Model of Emotional Intelligence with Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses</p> <p>A lack of emotional skills may affect a nurse’s personal well-being and have negative effects on patient outcomes, particularly for patients with psychiatric-mental health conditions. Raising awareness of emotional intelligence (EI) among psychiatric/mental health nurses (PMHN) is therefore important. EI is a growing field in both nursing practice and nursing education but instruments to measure EI are costly or have not been validated for use with PMHN. The purpose of this descriptive correlationsal study was to measure the EI level of PMHN and to evaluate the internal consistency reliability and validity of two EI instruments. The study compared the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) and the Self-Rated Emotional Intelligence Scale (SREIS) with a sample of 131 PMHN from three psychiatric nurses’ organizations. Peplau’s theory of Interpersonal Relations and the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Four-Branch Ability Model of EI were used to guide the research. PMHN in the study had a higher mean EI compared to that of 5000 participants in the normed MSCEIT sample. Both the MSCEIT and SREIS demonstrated moderate to high levels of internal consistency reliability. Significant weak correlations were seen between the perceiving and understanding emotion branches of the MSCEIT and SREIS, but more research is needed to understand concurrent validity between the MSCEIT and SREIS. Because EI is defined and measured as a set of abilities or skills by the Four-Branch Ability Model of EI, the focus on EI skills and strategies through self-awareness can be an effective way to approach helping PMHN improve their emotional skills</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Nursing Science (DNS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Nursing

Year dc:date.available

2015

Author dc:creator

• Sims, Traci T.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Janice Long
• Dr. Lois Robley
• Dr. Lewis VanBrackle

• emotional intelligence
• psychiatric-mental health nurses
• self-awareness
• emotional intelligence testing
• Four-Branch emotional intelligence model
• Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

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https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/dns_etd/1

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oai:digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu:dns_etd-1001