Vlachakis Chrisanthy, Dragoumani Konstantina, Raftopoulou Sofia, Mantaiou Meropi, Papageorgiou Louis, Champeris Tsaniras Spyridon, Megalooikonomou Vasileios, Vlachakis Dimitrios
Laboratory of Genetics, Department of Biotechnology, School of Food, Biotechnology and Development, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Sotiria Chest Diseases Hospital, Athens, Greece.
In Vivo. 2018 Jul-Aug;32(4):859-870. doi: 10.21873/invivo.11320.
BACKGROUND/AIM: The aim of the present study was to examine the relation between understanding of emotions and cardiovascular related diseases, namely coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus and obesity. The uniqueness of this study lies in the fact that it examined the relationship between the cardiovascular related diseases named above and the understanding of emotions in the context of Emotional Intelligence (EI).
The study was conducted in 300 participants during a 3 year period. All participants completed a self-report questionnaire, assessing various aspects of EI, such as self-emotion appraisal, other emotion appraisal, emotion regulation and use of emotions. As hypothesized, coronary heart disease is a prognostic factor of regulation of emotions.
The present study is an attempt to examine the relation between emotional understanding and cardiovascular related diseases, namely coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus and obesity. Establishing which diseases are independent risk factors for the understanding of emotions, could have a significant impact on emotional health, through the treatment of these cardiovascular related diseases. Emotions were studied within the theoretical context of Emotional Intelligence (EI), which affects people's physical and mental health.
The results of this study emphasize on the relationship of cardiovascular related diseases and psychological characteristics, such as anxiety and anger, being aspects of EI. Additionally, this work fills a gap in the relevant Greek literature, as a first attempt to examine the correlation of EI with cardiovascular related diseases.
背景/目的：本研究旨在探讨情绪理解与心血管相关疾病（即冠心病、糖尿病和肥胖症）之间的关系。本研究的独特之处在于，它在情商（EI）的背景下考察了上述心血管相关疾病与情绪理解之间的关系。
该研究在3年期间对300名参与者进行。所有参与者都完成了一份自我报告问卷，评估情商的各个方面，如自我情绪评估、他人情绪评估、情绪调节和情绪利用。正如所假设的，冠心病是情绪调节的一个预后因素。
本研究试图考察情绪理解与心血管相关疾病（即冠心病、糖尿病和肥胖症）之间的关系。确定哪些疾病是情绪理解的独立危险因素，通过治疗这些心血管相关疾病，可能会对情绪健康产生重大影响。情绪是在情商（EI）的理论背景下进行研究的，情商影响人们的身心健康。
本研究结果强调了心血管相关疾病与心理特征（如焦虑和愤怒，它们是情商的方面）之间的关系。此外，作为首次考察情商与心血管相关疾病相关性的尝试，这项工作填补了希腊相关文献的空白。
