The Relationship Between Parents' Communication With Students Towards Emotional Intelligence In The First Year Of The Faculty Of Medicine Undana

Abstract


 Background: Emotional intelligence is the ability of a person to regulate their emotional life by maintaining emotional harmony and expression through the skills of self-control, self-motivation, empathy and social skills. Emotional intelligence in adolescents are fundamentally formed based on the patterned form a relationship when communicating with parents.
 Objective: To analyze the relationship between parents and students' communication with emotional intelligence in the first year of the Faculty of Medicine Undana
 Methods: This study is an observational analytical method with a cross-sectional design carried out on first-year students at the Faculty of Medicine, Nusa Cendana University. The sampling technique is simple random sampling with a sample of 120 resopondents. This study used the Parent-Adolescent Communication Scale (PACS) questionnaire and the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire-Short Form (TEIQue-SF). The data was analyzed univariately and bivariately using the phi coefficient test. 
 Results: Phi coefficient test shows that there was no significant relationship of emotional intelligence with father communication (p=0.44) and maternal communication (p=0.447). 
 Conclusion: There is no significant relationship between Parents' and Students' Communication towards Emotional Intelligence In the First Year of the Faculty of Medicine Undana 
 Keywords: Parental Communication, Emotional Intelligence, First Year