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Emotional intelligence as an indicator of satisfaction with life of patients with psoriasis

INTRODUCTION: Research reports confirm the existence of a relation between emotional intelligence and various aspects of human functioning. It protects psychical and physical health of an individual, helps to adapt to new conditions and, consequently, contributes to the increase in life quality expr...

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Autores principales: Basińska, Małgorzata A., Drozdowska, Marta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3907901/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24493999
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pdia.2013.39435
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description INTRODUCTION: Research reports confirm the existence of a relation between emotional intelligence and various aspects of human functioning. It protects psychical and physical health of an individual, helps to adapt to new conditions and, consequently, contributes to the increase in life quality expressed in satisfaction with life. Psoriasis, a chronic skin disease, may negatively influence the psychical state of a patient and his or her social functioning, which leads to the decrease in satisfaction with life. AIM: This research aimed at determining the relation between emotional intelligence and satisfaction with life in a group of patients with psoriasis. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The research group consisted of 81 people with psoriasis (40 men and 41 women) with the average age of 41.22 (SD = 14.18). The research tools used included the Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire INTE, Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS), personal questionnaire and PASI scale. RESULTS: There is a positive correlation between emotional intelligence and satisfaction with life in the group of patients with psoriasis. Especially factor I – using emotions in thinking and operating – positively correlates with satisfaction with life. CONCLUSIONS: Emotional intelligence together with the percentage of body area taken by pathological changes are the indicators of satisfaction with life in patients with psoriasis.
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spelling pubmed-39079012014-02-03 Emotional intelligence as an indicator of satisfaction with life of patients with psoriasis Basińska, Małgorzata A. Drozdowska, Marta Postepy Dermatol Alergol Original Paper INTRODUCTION: Research reports confirm the existence of a relation between emotional intelligence and various aspects of human functioning. It protects psychical and physical health of an individual, helps to adapt to new conditions and, consequently, contributes to the increase in life quality expressed in satisfaction with life. Psoriasis, a chronic skin disease, may negatively influence the psychical state of a patient and his or her social functioning, which leads to the decrease in satisfaction with life. AIM: This research aimed at determining the relation between emotional intelligence and satisfaction with life in a group of patients with psoriasis. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The research group consisted of 81 people with psoriasis (40 men and 41 women) with the average age of 41.22 (SD = 14.18). The research tools used included the Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire INTE, Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS), personal questionnaire and PASI scale. RESULTS: There is a positive correlation between emotional intelligence and satisfaction with life in the group of patients with psoriasis. Especially factor I – using emotions in thinking and operating – positively correlates with satisfaction with life. CONCLUSIONS: Emotional intelligence together with the percentage of body area taken by pathological changes are the indicators of satisfaction with life in patients with psoriasis. Termedia Publishing House 2013-12-18 2013-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3907901/ /pubmed/24493999 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pdia.2013.39435 Text en Copyright © 2013 Termedia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Emotional intelligence as an indicator of satisfaction with life of patients with psoriasis
title_fullStr Emotional intelligence as an indicator of satisfaction with life of patients with psoriasis
title_full_unstemmed Emotional intelligence as an indicator of satisfaction with life of patients with psoriasis
title_short Emotional intelligence as an indicator of satisfaction with life of patients with psoriasis
title_sort emotional intelligence as an indicator of satisfaction with life of patients with psoriasis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3907901/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24493999
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pdia.2013.39435
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