Amin Shaimaa Mohamed, El-Gazar Heba Emad, Zoromba Mohamed Ali, ELfeshawy Nagwa Ibrahim, Abo-Hatab Toha Ali ELsayed, El-Sherbini Hanan Hosni, Atta Mohamed Hussein Ramadan
Lecturer of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University, Damanhour, Egypt.
Nursing Administration Department, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt.
BMC Nurs. 2025 Jun 17;24(1):653. doi: 10.1186/s12912-025-03157-y.
Sexual health literacy is essential for improving communication about sexual health, especially among married nursing students. Emotional intelligence may play a significant role in facilitating this communication by mediating the relationship between sexual health literacy and sexual communication self-efficacy.
This study aimed to examine the relationships between sexual health literacy, emotional intelligence, and sexual communication self-efficacy among married nursing students and assess the mediating role of emotional intelligence.
A cross-sectional study was conducted with 340 married female nursing students at the Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt. Data were collected using validated scales for sexual health literacy, emotional intelligence, and sexual communication self-efficacy. Statistical analyses were performed, including t-tests, ANOVA, Pearson correlation, and mediation analysis via the PROCESS macro (Model 4). Bias-corrected bootstrapping with 5,000 resamples was applied to test for the mediating effects of emotional intelligence.
The results revealed no significant differences in sexual health literacy, sexual communication self-efficacy, or emotional intelligence across demographics. Pearson correlations demonstrated that sexual health literacy was positively correlated with sexual communication self-efficacy (r = .388, p < .01) and emotional intelligence (r = .560, p < .01). Mediation analysis showed that emotional intelligence significantly mediated the relationship between sexual health literacy and sexual communication self-efficacy (B = 0.04,). The effect of sexual health literacy on sexual communication self-efficacy was significant (B = 0.19, p < .001), with emotional intelligence accounting for a portion of this relationship.
This study highlights the importance of sexual health literacy in promoting effective communication about sexual health. Emotional intelligence plays a key mediating role, suggesting that enhancing both sexual health literacy and emotional intelligence could improve sexual communication self-efficacy among married nursing students. These findings suggest potential interventions to integrate emotional intelligence training into sexual health education programs to enhance communication outcomes.
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性健康素养对于改善性健康方面的沟通至关重要，尤其是在已婚护理专业学生中。情商可能通过调节性健康素养与性沟通自我效能之间的关系，在促进这种沟通中发挥重要作用。
本研究旨在探讨已婚护理专业学生的性健康素养、情商和性沟通自我效能之间的关系，并评估情商的中介作用。
对埃及坦塔大学护理学院的340名已婚女护理专业学生进行了一项横断面研究。使用经过验证的性健康素养、情商和性沟通自我效能量表收集数据。进行了统计分析，包括t检验、方差分析、皮尔逊相关性分析以及通过PROCESS宏（模型4）进行中介分析。采用5000次重抽样的偏差校正自助法来检验情商的中介效应。
结果显示，不同人口统计学特征在性健康素养、性沟通自我效能或情商方面没有显著差异。皮尔逊相关性分析表明，性健康素养与性沟通自我效能呈正相关（r = 0.388，p < 0.01），与情商呈正相关（r = 0.560，p < 0.01）。中介分析表明，情商显著中介了性健康素养与性沟通自我效能之间的关系（B = 0.04）。性健康素养对性沟通自我效能的影响显著（B = 0.19，p < 0.001），情商在这种关系中占一部分比例。
本研究强调了性健康素养在促进性健康有效沟通方面的重要性。情商起着关键的中介作用，这表明提高性健康素养和情商都可以改善已婚护理专业学生的性沟通自我效能。这些发现提示了潜在的干预措施，即将情商培训纳入性健康教育项目以提高沟通效果。
不适用。
