Emotional Intelligence as coping skill for perceived stress

• Main Authors: López Rúa, Germán, Perez Alcántara, Maria Fernanda
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för psykologi (PSY) 2019
• Subjects: Emotional Intelligence; Perceived Stress; Coping Skills; Workplace; Psychology; Psykologi
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-85272

The purpose of this current study is to evaluate if there is a relation between Emotional Intelligence, Perceive Stress and Coping Skills in a sample of Mexican employees in a medium size international organization (n =102). The questionnaires used were a compendium of three different instruments; including: 33-item Self-report measure of Emotional Intelligence, four COPE Inventory’ subscales and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS- 14). After analyzing the gathered data, Multiple Regression was applied. Significant correlations in the expected direction were found, indicating that Emotional Intelligence can be useful as a coping skill towards perceive stress.