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The Moderating Role of Emotional Intelligence on the Relationship Between Nurses’ Preparedness to Care for COVID-19 Patients and Their Quality of Work-Life
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: Received: 22 October 2024 / Approved: 24 October 2024 / Online: 25 October 2024 (05:08:24 CEST)
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Alkorashy, H. A.; Basheer, A. F.; Mohammed, H. The Moderating Role of Emotional Intelligence on the Relationship Between Nurses’ Preparedness to Care for COVID-19 Patients and Their Quality of Work-Life. Preprints2024, 2024101931. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.1931.v1
Alkorashy, H. A.; Basheer, A. F.; Mohammed, H. The Moderating Role of Emotional Intelligence on the Relationship Between Nurses’ Preparedness to Care for COVID-19 Patients and Their Quality of Work-Life. Preprints 2024, 2024101931. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.1931.v1
Alkorashy, H. A.; Basheer, A. F.; Mohammed, H. The Moderating Role of Emotional Intelligence on the Relationship Between Nurses’ Preparedness to Care for COVID-19 Patients and Their Quality of Work-Life. Preprints2024, 2024101931. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.1931.v1
APA Style
Alkorashy, H. A., Basheer, A. F., & Mohammed, H. (2024). The Moderating Role of Emotional Intelligence on the Relationship Between Nurses’ Preparedness to Care for COVID-19 Patients and Their Quality of Work-Life. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.1931.v1
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Alkorashy, H. A., Aisha F. Basheer and Hanem Mohammed. 2024 "The Moderating Role of Emotional Intelligence on the Relationship Between Nurses’ Preparedness to Care for COVID-19 Patients and Their Quality of Work-Life" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.1931.v1
Abstract
Emotional intelligence (EI) is increasingly recognized as a key factor in healthcare, where managing emotions is critical for job satisfaction, productivity, and interpersonal relationships. For nurses, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, EI plays a pivotal role in navigating emotional challenges and improving their quality of work-life (QoWL). This study aims to examine how EI moderates the relationship between nurses' preparedness to care for COVID-19 patients and their QoWL. A cross-sectional, correlational design was used, involving 267 nurses from various healthcare settings. Data were collected through the Emotional Intelligence Scale, the Quality of Nursing Work Life survey, and demographic questionnaires, and analyzed using hierarchical regression. The results showed that nurses' preparedness to care for COVID-19 patients did not initially predict QoWL (β = .034, p = .57). However, when EI was included, it significantly moderated this relationship, explaining 41% of the variance in QoWL. Both personal and social competence components of EI had a buffering effect, highlighting the importance of EI in improving nurses' work-life quality (β = .578, .665, p < .001). These findings suggest that fostering EI in nurses can enhance their resilience and work-life quality, particularly in high-stress healthcare environments like those experienced during the pandemic.
Keywords
healthcare crises; Emotional intelligence; quality of nursing work life; nurses; nurse well-being; COVID-19 care preparedness
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public, Environmental and Occupational Health
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This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
