EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, MINDFULNESS AND COPING SELF-EFFICACY AMONG MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

Abstract

This study was done to understand the relationship between emotional intelligence, mindfulness and coping selfefficacy among mental health professionals. It also tried to understand the influence of mindfulness over emotional intelligence and coping self-efficacy. The data was drawn from an online survey on 100 mental health professionals across India and purposive sampling method was used to do the same.The participants ranged between the age group of 21-65 years and belonged to different backgrounds in the field of mental health. The study was done using three questionnaires which assessed the participant's emotional intelligence,mindfulness and coping self-efficacy levels. A Pearson Correlation was carried out to understand the relationship between the three variables under study and further, simple linear regression analysis was done to find out if there was any influence of mindfulness on emotional intelligence and coping self-efficacy. The results showed a significant positive relationship between emotional intelligence, mindfulness and coping self-efficacy. It was also found out that there was a significant influence of mindfulness on emotional intelligence and coping self-efficacy.This study is of importance in the field of mental health as it sheds light on the relationship between emotional intelligence,mindfulness and coping self-efficacy,three factors which are crucial to the role of a mental health professional