Inteligencia emocional y su relación con las estrategias de afrontamiento en estudiantes universitarios

Abstract

The objective was to determine the correlation between the dimensions of emotional intelligence and coping strategies in university students, variables that were measured by means of the Trait Meta-Mood Scale-24 (TMMS-24) test and the CAE Stress Coping Questionnaire. respectively. The population consisted of 106 participants aged between 18 and 26 years belonging to the Clinical Psychology career. The research was quantitative, non-experimental and cross-sectional. Data analysis was performed using the statistical program jamovi version 2.3.18. The results showed that the population has adequate emotional attention in 50.9%, in addition to adequate emotional repair in 48.1%; In addition to this, it was found that the predominant coping style in the sample was positive reappraisal (25.5%). A moderate and direct correlation was found between the emotional repair dimension and the coping style focused on solving the problem (r=0.618; p<0.001) and, particularly, for the emotional attention dimension, a slight and direct correlation with emotion-focused coping strategies: negative self-focusing (r=0.310; p=0.001), open emotional expression (r=0.364; p<0.001) and avoidance (r=0.322; p<0.001); Additionally, a comparison of the levels of emotional intelligence according to sex, showed that men have a higher index for the dimensions emotional clarity and emotional repair, compared to women.