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VELIZ BURGOS, Alex et al. Emotional intelligence and psychological well-being in nursing professionals from southern Chile. Medisur [online]. 2018, vol.16, n.2, pp. 259-266. ISSN 1727-897X.

Foundation: Health professionals and specialy those related to caring, are under certain situations which produce professional stress that affect their psychological state.Objective: to identify the levels of emotional intelligence and psychological wellbeing, respectively, in nursing professionals of the Los Lagos Region, Chile.Methods: Descriptive study with non-experimental design. A number of 97 nurses from the Los Lagos region were included. A Trait Meta-Mood Scale and the Ryff scale of psychological wellbeing were applied to evaluate the emotional intelligence and psychological wellbeing respectively, both with good levels of reliability and composed by a series of sub-scales or dimensions.Results: regarding emotional intelligence, high levels of of emotional perception were observed (35 %), emotional comprehension (36,1 %) and emotional regulation (42,7 %). A 57,5 % of the professionals had a high level of psychological wellbeing, although 33,7 % showed  low level of positive relations.Conclusion: there is a direct and significant relation between the scales of emotional intelligence and psychological wellbeing.

Palabras clave : Emotional intelligence; occupational stress; nurses; psychological tests.

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