Effect of Emotıonal Intellıgence Skılls Development Traınıng on Nurses' Fear of Intımacy and Care Behavıors

NCT ID: NCT07034729

Last Updated: 2025-06-24

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 196 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-11-12
• Study Completion Date: 2024-05-31

Brief Summary

Emotional intelligence is a type of intelligence that can be developed, which gives individuals the ability to understand and express emotions to the other party. Studies have shown that individuals with a developed level of emotional intelligence can analyze their own and others' emotions and thoughts well, manage their emotions, interact positively with their environment, and are successful in interpersonal relationships and professional skills. Intimacy, on the other hand, is the ability to truly share the true self with another person. When fear develops regarding the concept of intimacy, which affects interpersonal relationships; individuals' healthy communication with other individuals is restricted, and feelings and behaviors that avoid intimacy may occur. The concept of "care" in nursing is related to the relationship between the nurse and the healthy/patient individual and the care process.

In this study, it was planned to examine the effect of fear of intimacy and care behaviors of nurses by providing emotional intelligence skills development training to nurses in line with literature data. The research was designed as a single-center, randomized control group pretest-posttest experimental study.

Detailed Description

The research sample consisted of bachelor's degree nurses who were working at Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital- Neurology Orthopedics Hospital between November 2023 and May 2024 and who agreed to participate in the study and had at least one year of work experience [98 intervention group - 98 control group]. The intervention and control groups were determined using a random numbers table from the simple random sampling method. In line with Daniel Goleman's Emotional Intelligence Model, the Emotional Intelligence Skills Development Training Module was created and the participants in the intervention group were trained in 6 modules. Before the first module of the training was implemented, the Nurse Information Form prepared via Google Forms, the Revised Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale, the Fear of Intimacy Scale, and the Care Behaviors-24 Scale were filled out. When the 6th Module of the training was completed, the Revised Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale, the Fear of Intimacy Scale, and the Care Behaviors-24 Scale were filled out. The participants in the control group of the study were asked to fill out the Nurse Information Form, Revised Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale, Fear of Intimacy Scale and Caring Behaviors-24 Scale prepared via Google Forms simultaneously with the first module. No intervention was applied to the control group. At the end of Module 6 of the training, the Revised Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale, Fear of Intimacy Scale and Caring Behaviors-24 Scale were filled out simultaneously with the intervention group. The scales were re-applied to the intervention and control groups 3 months later. Emotional intelligence skills training was given and its effects on fear of intimacy and caring behaviors were evaluated.

Conditions

Emotional Intelligence; Care Eliciting Behavior

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

intervention group

The scale was applied to the intervention group.By creating the Emotional Intelligence Skills Development Training Module, participants in the initiative group will be trained in 6 modules.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

training to develop emotional intelligence skills

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

2 hours in a week, 6 week training

non-intervention

Only the scale was applied to the non-intervention group.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

training to develop emotional intelligence skills

2 hours in a week, 6 week training

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Actively taking part in the care of a healthy/sick individual for at least 1 year
• Having a bachelor's degree in nursing
• Being willing to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• Not being in the initiative group and not having attended more than 2 sessions of training
• Leaving the study voluntarily

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Başakşehir Çam & Sakura City Hospital

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Demet Duman

Nursing manager

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Basaksehir Cam and Sakura Cıty Hospıtal

Istanbul, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

References

Erkayıran O. (2016). The Effect of Emotional Intelligence Skills Development Training on Interpersonal Relations of Nursing Students, Adnan Menderes University Health Sciences Institute Master Thesis, 2016, Aydın.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

Other Identifiers

2022-321

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id