Resilience moderates the relationship between emotional intelligence and clinical communication ability among Chinese practice nursing students: A structural equation model analysis.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the positive association between emotional intelligence and clinical communication ability among practice nursing students, and to determine whether resilience plays a moderating role in the relationship between emotional intelligence and clinical communication ability among Chinese practice nursing students.


METHODS
Three hundred and seventy-seven practice nursing students from three hospitals participated in this study. They completed questionnaires including the Emotional Intelligence Inventory (EII), Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-10), and Clinical Communication Ability Scale (CCAS). Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the relationships among emotional intelligence, resilience, and clinical communication ability.


RESULTS
Emotional intelligence was positively associated with clinical communication ability (P<0.01). Resilience significantly affected clinical communication ability (P<0.01) and moderated the relationship between emotional intelligence and clinical communication ability (P<0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
Emotional intelligence is positively related to clinical communication ability among Chinese practice nursing students, and resilience moderates the relationship between emotional intelligence and clinical communication ability, which may provide scientific evidence to aid in developing intervention strategies to improve clinical communication ability.
School of Nursing, Shandong University, 44 Wenhua West Road, Jinan, Shandong 250012, PR China.
Linghua
L
Kong
People's Hospital of Liaocheng, Shandong, PR China.
Yun
Y
Liu
School of Nursing, Shandong University, 44 Wenhua West Road, Jinan, Shandong 250012, PR China.
Guopeng
G
Li
School of Nursing, Shandong University, 44 Wenhua West Road, Jinan, Shandong 250012, PR China.
Yueyan
Y
Fang
School of Nursing, Shandong University, 44 Wenhua West Road, Jinan, Shandong 250012, PR China.
Xiaofei
X
Kang
School of Nursing, Shandong University, 44 Wenhua West Road, Jinan, Shandong 250012, PR China. Electronic address: pingli12@sdu.edu.cn.
Ping
P
Li
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002681:China; D003142:Communication; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
Clinical communication ability; Emotional intelligence; Moderator effect; Practice nursing students; Resilience