Inteligencia emocional y bienestar psicológico: un estudio realizado a los estudiantes de titulación de la carrera de psicología clínica de la Universidad Internacional SEK

Abstract

The purpose of this research work is to correlate the level of emotional intelligence (EI) and the psychological well-being of the students who graduated from the Clinical Psychology career of the Sek International University, located in Quito-Ecuador. Emotional intelligence is understood as the set of cognitive level skills that allows us to identify our own emotions and those of others, use them to facilitate thinking, come to understand emotions, that is, what is being felt and finally, regulate them accordingly. appropriate form (Mayer & Salovey, 1997). Emotional intelligence is associated with feelings of well-being, thus resulting in fewer cases of depression and rather greater optimism, in addition to this, achieving satisfaction with their own life and their environment according to studies carried out by Schutte and Cols (2002). While for García Viniegras and López (2000), they define psychological well-being as a completely personal experience, a human condition and characteristic that turns out to be subjective, that is, it is unique for each person and manifests itself through the psychological, physical and social. This work is part of the quantitative research approach. The design is correlational and the sampling method is intentional or of convenience. The sample is made up of 13 participants, whose ages range from 24 to 38 years old. It is concluded that the students who graduated from the Clinical Psychology career have obtained a HIGH LEVEL in the Psychological Well-being test, which comprises 61% of the sample. While, in the Emotional Intelligence (EI) escalation, the results obtained were the following: 85% have an adequate perception of feelings, 54% have an adequate understanding of feelings and 85% have an adequate regulation of their feelings. emotions. Thus checking, the hypothesis raised in this research work, without a doubt, emotional intelligence is closely related to psychological well-being, mental health and quality of life.