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Emotional Intelligence And Stress Coping Strategies In Health Care Workers., Roxana Traverso Zumaeta, July Patricia Aguirre Mollehuanca, Jesús Enrique Talavera, Juan Carlos Palomino Baldeon

Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana

Objective: To determine the relationship between emotional intelligence and stress coping strategies in health care workers of a Third Level of Care Hospital during 2021. Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study was carried out. Two surveys were used: the COPE test which measures how to cope with stress and the Bar-On Emotional Coefficient Inventory which measures the level of emotional intelligence. The main variable was coping with stress. The independent variable was emotional intelligence. Results: A total of 290 health care workers were worked. Emotional intelligence was significantly positively correlated (Pearson = 0.6003) with stress coping. The stress coping strategies with …