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 Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Vol. 20, Number, 2, 2010

Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Adjustment of Nurses

Serving in Emergency and Non-emergency Wards

Aamir Yasin Ranjha

Department of Psychology, University of Sargodha, Pakistan
Sultan Shujja*
Department of Psychology, University of Sargodha, Pakistan

The study investigated the relationship between emotional

intelligence and psychological adjustment in nurses serving
in emergency and non-emergency wards of private and
government hospitals. Sample comprised of nurses (N=200)
with the age range 20-30 years (M= 25.6, SD=3.4). EQ-i
125 (Bar-On, 1997) and Psychological Adjustment Scale
(Sabir, 1999) were administered on designated sample to
measure emotional intelligence and psychological
adjustment respectively. A demographic form was used to
collect data on other variables i.e., wards, hospitals,
professional experience. Findings indicated the positive
correlation between emotional intelligence and
psychological adjustment of nurses. Simple regression
analysis indicated that psychological adjustment, hospitals
(private/government) and professional experience emerged
as significant predictor of EQ while wards (emergency/non-
emergency) were neither correlated with other variables of
interest nor significantly predicted EQ. In addition, nurses
of private hospital were more emotionally intelligent and
psychologically adjusted than their counterparts in
government hospitals. Nurses with low experience(less than
5 years) were found to be more emotionally intelligent and
psychological adjustment compared to nurses with high
experience (greater than 5 years). Findings have been
discussed with reference to Pakistani cultural and social
context.
Keywords: Emotional Intelligence, Psychological
Adjustment, Nurses

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