Citation

Başoğul C, Arabaci LB, Buyukbayram A, Aktaş Y, Uzunoglu G. Perspect. Psychiatr. Care 2019; 55(2): 255-261.

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Manisa Mental Health and Diseases Hospital, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic, Manisa, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/ppc.12358

PMID

30680722

Abstract

PURPOSE: To examine the relationship between the emotional intelligence and sociotropic-autonomic personality characteristics of nurses working in psychiatry clinics and their exposure to violence. DESIGN AND METHODS: In this study, 103 nurses working in a mental health community hospital in Turkey were surveyed. The research data were collected using the Emotional Intelligence Evaluation Scale, the Sociotropy-Autonomy Scale, and the Personal Information Form.

FINDINGS: A statistically significant relationship was determined between the "awareness of emotions" and the frequency of physical violence that was exposed; "management of emotions" and the number of psychological violence that was exposed; sociotropic personality characteristics; and the number of violent incidents. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: It may be advisable to include issues such as awareness and management of emotions, the importance of autonomous personality traits in violence prevention education programs.

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Language: en

Keywords

emotional intelligence; personality characteristics; psychiatric nurses; violence