Relationships between personal factors, social support, spiritual well-being, and emotional quotient of head nurses, regional hospital and medical centers
Abstract:
To study the relationships between personal factors, social support and spiritual well-beign with emotional quotient of head nurses, regional hospital and medical centers. The samples consisted of 293 head nurses selected by multistage sampling technique. The research instruments were the questionaires for head nurses, which consisted of social support from supervisors, social support from peers, social support from friends, social support from families, spiritual well-being and BarOn Emotional Quotient Inventory (BarOn EQ-i). The questionnaires were tested for validity by pannel of experts. Alpha Cronbach reliability coefficients were .93,.87,.92,.83 and .95, respectively. The data were analyzed by using Pearson's product moment correlation, Contingency coefficient and Chi-square. The major findings were as follow 1. Emotional quotient of head nurses in all aspects was at the average level. 2. Spiritual well-being was positive correlated with emotional quotient of head nurses at the .05 level. Nevertheless, Social support, experiences, education and marital stauts were not correlated with emotional qultient of head nurses.