El estrés y su relación con la inteligencia emocional en docentes universitarios

Abstract

Stress is the biological and psychological response to an agent, stimulus or stressor, which can be regulated by coping strategies that include emotional intelligence, which is the ability to recognize own and other people’s emotions and feelings. These terms were studied in university teachers due to the variety of activities that can trigger different emotional imbalances such as stress, therefore, the study identified the relationship between the level of stress and the dimensions of emotional intelligence in university teachers. The study is quantitative, with a correlation, transversal and non-experimental scope. A sample of 102 teachers is handled, 30 belong to the female gender, 72 to the male gender. The instruments applied are the Perceived Stress Scale and the Trait Meta-Mood Scale-24. The analyzed results showed the existence of a significant correlation between the level of stress and two dimensions of emotional intelligence, stress is related to the emotional care Rho= 0.264, p>0.05, emotional clarity, and stress Rho= 0.274, p>0.05, and there is not a statistically significant relationship between emotional regulation and stress. Also, there are no significant differences in terms of gender in the level of stress.