Lou Jiunnhorng, Chen Hsiaochi, Li Renhau
Department of Nursing, Hsin Sheng College of Medical Care and Management, Taoyuan 325004, Taiwan.
Clinical Psychological Room, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung 40201, Taiwan.
Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Apr 27;10(5):814. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10050814.
This study aimed to develop an emotional intelligence (EI) scale for male nursing students and investigate its associations with gender, age, religious beliefs, and father's and mother's education level. We recruited 384 male nursing students in Taiwan to construct an EI scale comprising 16 items with four factors: recognizing the emotions of others, emotional self-awareness, self-emotional expression, and self-emotional management. The scale had factor loadings of 0.64-0.80. The reliability coefficients for the subscales ranged from 0.80 to 0.84, while that for the total scale was 0.93. We also recruited 402 female nursing students for comparison. Latent multiple regression of the EI factors showed that male students had higher self-emotional expression but lower self-emotional management than females. Age was negatively associated with self-emotional management for both genders. Religious beliefs were negatively associated with emotional self-awareness in male students, and with recognizing the emotions of others in females. Father's and mother's education had no association with EI in male students; however, father's education was positively associated with all EI factors in females, and mother's education was negatively associated with recognizing the emotions of others and self-emotional expression. These results provide insight into male nursing students' EI and the background variables influencing EI.
本研究旨在开发一套针对男性护理专业学生的情商（EI）量表，并探究其与性别、年龄、宗教信仰以及父母教育水平之间的关联。我们招募了384名台湾男性护理专业学生来构建一个包含16个项目、四个因子的EI量表，这四个因子分别为：识别他人情绪、情绪自我觉察、自我情绪表达以及自我情绪管理。该量表的因子载荷为0.64 - 0.80。各子量表的信度系数在0.80至0.84之间，总量表的信度系数为0.93。我们还招募了402名女性护理专业学生用于比较。EI因子的潜在多元回归分析表明，男性学生的自我情绪表达高于女性，但自我情绪管理低于女性。年龄与两性的自我情绪管理均呈负相关。宗教信仰与男性学生的情绪自我觉察呈负相关，与女性学生识别他人情绪呈负相关。父亲和母亲的教育程度与男性学生的EI无关联；然而，父亲的教育程度与女性所有的EI因子呈正相关，母亲的教育程度与女性识别他人情绪和自我情绪表达呈负相关。这些结果为了解男性护理专业学生的EI以及影响EI的背景变量提供了依据。
