title: Exploring the relationship between emotional intelligence and health-related quality of life in patients with cancer.
abstract: This study examined the association between emotional intelligence (EI), personality, and its relation to health-related quality of life in 62 patients with cancer. Specially, the predictive and incremental validity of EI for predicting health-related quality of life beyond the level attributable to personality was examined. Emotional intelligence showed unique and significant variance in prediction of different health-related quality of life dimensions. These findings provide preliminary evidences that EI abilities are useful additions in the field of psycho-oncology. The potential value of including EI programs to complement current psychoeducational approaches aimed at preserving or improving cancer patient health-related quality of life is discussed.
authors: University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain. lrey@uma.es
authors: Lourdes
authors: L
authors: Rey
authors: Natalio
authors: N
authors: Extremera
authors: Lourdes
authors: L
authors: Trillo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D010551:Personality; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*