The Protective Role of Emotional Intelligence in Self-Stigma and Emotional Exhaustion of Family Members of People with Mental Disorders
Parenting a child or teenager is not particularly easy for parents, and this becomes even more difficult if a child has a serious mental disorder. This situation places parents in a vulnerable position that leads to heightened feelings of guilt and emotional stress. Therefore, the aim of this study...
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| author | Trigueros Ramos, Rubén Navarro Gómez, Noelia Cangas Díaz, Adolfo Javier Mercader Rubio, Isabel Aguilar Parra, José Manuel González Santos, Josefa González-Bernal, Jerónimo J. Soto Cámara, Raúl |
| author_facet | Trigueros Ramos, Rubén Navarro Gómez, Noelia Cangas Díaz, Adolfo Javier Mercader Rubio, Isabel Aguilar Parra, José Manuel González Santos, Josefa González-Bernal, Jerónimo J. Soto Cámara, Raúl |
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| description | Parenting a child or teenager is not particularly easy for parents, and this becomes even more difficult if a child has a serious mental disorder. This situation places parents in a vulnerable position that leads to heightened feelings of guilt and emotional stress. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyze the influence of the families’ emotional intelligence on their own self-stigma and burnout. A total of 537 family members from Southern Spain who care for individuals with mental disorders participated in this study. To analyze the results of the study, a structural equation model was constructed. The results from the equation showed that emotional intelligence is negatively related to self-stigma and burnout. In turn, self-stigma is positively related to burnout syndrome. Thus, the findings indicate that emotional intelligence may have a protective role against self-stigma, which is closely related to burnout syndrome. The relevance of these results when designing interventions that work with the negative feelings produced by self-stigma and family burnout is discussed. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-83222023-04-12T19:45:07Z The Protective Role of Emotional Intelligence in Self-Stigma and Emotional Exhaustion of Family Members of People with Mental Disorders Trigueros Ramos, Rubén Navarro Gómez, Noelia Cangas Díaz, Adolfo Javier Mercader Rubio, Isabel Aguilar Parra, José Manuel González Santos, Josefa González-Bernal, Jerónimo J. Soto Cámara, Raúl emotional intelligence self-stigma burnout caregiver mental health Parenting a child or teenager is not particularly easy for parents, and this becomes even more difficult if a child has a serious mental disorder. This situation places parents in a vulnerable position that leads to heightened feelings of guilt and emotional stress. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyze the influence of the families’ emotional intelligence on their own self-stigma and burnout. A total of 537 family members from Southern Spain who care for individuals with mental disorders participated in this study. To analyze the results of the study, a structural equation model was constructed. The results from the equation showed that emotional intelligence is negatively related to self-stigma and burnout. In turn, self-stigma is positively related to burnout syndrome. Thus, the findings indicate that emotional intelligence may have a protective role against self-stigma, which is closely related to burnout syndrome. The relevance of these results when designing interventions that work with the negative feelings produced by self-stigma and family burnout is discussed. 2020-07-06T11:51:15Z 2020-07-06T11:51:15Z 2020-06-15 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2071-1050 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/8322 en https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/12/4862 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | emotional intelligence self-stigma burnout caregiver mental health Trigueros Ramos, Rubén Navarro Gómez, Noelia Cangas Díaz, Adolfo Javier Mercader Rubio, Isabel Aguilar Parra, José Manuel González Santos, Josefa González-Bernal, Jerónimo J. Soto Cámara, Raúl The Protective Role of Emotional Intelligence in Self-Stigma and Emotional Exhaustion of Family Members of People with Mental Disorders |
| title | The Protective Role of Emotional Intelligence in Self-Stigma and Emotional Exhaustion of Family Members of People with Mental Disorders |
| title_full | The Protective Role of Emotional Intelligence in Self-Stigma and Emotional Exhaustion of Family Members of People with Mental Disorders |
| title_fullStr | The Protective Role of Emotional Intelligence in Self-Stigma and Emotional Exhaustion of Family Members of People with Mental Disorders |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Protective Role of Emotional Intelligence in Self-Stigma and Emotional Exhaustion of Family Members of People with Mental Disorders |
| title_short | The Protective Role of Emotional Intelligence in Self-Stigma and Emotional Exhaustion of Family Members of People with Mental Disorders |
| title_sort | protective role of emotional intelligence in self-stigma and emotional exhaustion of family members of people with mental disorders |
| topic | emotional intelligence self-stigma burnout caregiver mental health |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/8322 |
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