Influence of perceived emotional intelligence in nursing job stress

The aim of this work was to analyze the influence of perceived emotional intelligence in nursing job stress. 218 nurses (182 women and 36 men) of different hospitals of the province of Barcelona (Spain), complimented of voluntary and individual form a questionnaire in which job stress through Nursing Stress Scale (NSS), was evaluated in its Spanish form, and perceived emotional intelligence by means of the TMMS-24. The main results show that: a) women present greater levels of job stress than men; b) the NSS significantly correlates with the components Understanding and Regulation of the PEI, while the component Attention does not correlate significantly with this scale or some of its factors; c) the subjects with high scores in the component Understanding or in the one of Regulation of the PEI, present lower stress levels. Is observed a differential effect of the components of the PEI in relation to work stress. It would be necessary to analyze in more detail the differential implication of each one of the components of the PEI in the job stress and the used of coping strategies.