Inteligencia emocional y duelo complicado en adultos

Abstract

Emotional intelligence (EI) refers to the ability of people to regulate, control and adapt their emotions, as well as the attention used to know and understand the feelings of oneself and others. While complicated grief (CD) is a variant of normal grief, it occurs when people go through the death of a loved one. This type of grief is not mitigated over time and the intensity of its symptoms increases. The objective of the research is to determine the relationship between EI dimensions and CD dimensions in adults. The study was carried out with 90 adult students of an Ecuadorian Educational Unit in the province of Tungurahua, who have lost a loved one up to 8 years ago due to death. The study instruments used were the Meta Mood Trait Scale (TMMS-24) and the Inventory of Vital Factors that Interfere with Bereavement and Complicated Bereavement - version 2 (ILFIGv2). The results obtained show that there is a slight positive correlation between the dimensions of EI and CD demonstrated by Spearman's test, which indicates that there is between 99% to 95% confidence in almost all dimensions (p<0.001, p<0.05 respectively)