@article{ref1,
title="Emotional intelligence and personality characteristics of psychiatric nurses and their situations of exposure to violence",
journal="Perspectives in psychiatric care",
year="2019",
author="Başoğul, Ceyda and Arabaci, Leyla Baysan and Buyukbayram, Ayse and Aktaş, Yeliz and Uzunoglu, Gulcin",
volume="55",
number="2",
pages="255-261",
abstract="PURPOSE: To examine the relationship between the emotional intelligence and sociotropic-autonomic personality characteristics of nurses working in psychiatry clinics and their exposure to violence. DESIGN AND METHODS: In this study, 103 nurses working in a mental health community hospital in Turkey were surveyed. The research data were collected using the Emotional Intelligence Evaluation Scale, the Sociotropy-Autonomy Scale, and the Personal Information Form. <br><br>FINDINGS: A statistically significant relationship was determined between the &quot;awareness of emotions&quot; and the frequency of physical violence that was exposed; &quot;management of emotions&quot; and the number of psychological violence that was exposed; sociotropic personality characteristics; and the number of violent incidents. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: It may be advisable to include issues such as awareness and management of emotions, the importance of autonomous personality traits in violence prevention education programs.<br><br>© 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0031-5990",
doi="10.1111/ppc.12358",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppc.12358"
}