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Received: 2025/10/18 | Accepted: 2025/11/8 | Published: 2025/10/18
Received: 2025/10/18 | Accepted: 2025/11/8 | Published: 2025/10/18
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Hatamipour K, Nabizadeh H, Sadafizadeh M. Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Attachment Styles and Communication Skills in Nurses. J Clinic Care Skill 2025; 6 (4) :1001-1007
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Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Attachment Styles and Communication Skills in Nurses
Abstract (113 Views)
Objectives: Among psychological factors, emotional intelligence and attachment styles can directly affect the quality of interactions and communication skills of nurses. The present study was conducted to determine the relationship between emotional intelligence and attachment styles with communication skills among nurses in 1403.
Tools and Methods: This descriptive-correlational study was conducted among nurses working in hospitals affiliated with Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Using convenience sampling, 291 nurses were selected as the research sample. The research tools included Bradbury and Graves' Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (2004), Collins and Reed's Attachment Style Questionnaire (1990), and Barton's Communication Skills Questionnaire (1990). The data were analyzed using correlation coefficients and regression analysis to examine the relationships between the study variables.
Findings: The relationships between attachment styles and nurses' communication skills and their variables were significant at the 95% confidence level (p < 0.05). A positive correlation (r = 0.396) was observed between secure attachment and nurses' communication skills. In addition, attachment styles and emotional intelligence together predicted 36.5% of the variance in nurses' communication skills. A negative correlation was observed between avoidant and anxious attachment styles with communication skills, indicating an inverse relationship. All components of emotional intelligence, except self-management, were significantly correlated with nurses' communication skills (p < 0.05).
Conclusion: Having emotional intelligence and secure attachment are prerequisites for effective interaction of nurses in clinical settings and seem to play a decisive role in the formation of nurses' communication behaviors as the basis of mental and social health.
Tools and Methods: This descriptive-correlational study was conducted among nurses working in hospitals affiliated with Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Using convenience sampling, 291 nurses were selected as the research sample. The research tools included Bradbury and Graves' Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (2004), Collins and Reed's Attachment Style Questionnaire (1990), and Barton's Communication Skills Questionnaire (1990). The data were analyzed using correlation coefficients and regression analysis to examine the relationships between the study variables.
Findings: The relationships between attachment styles and nurses' communication skills and their variables were significant at the 95% confidence level (p < 0.05). A positive correlation (r = 0.396) was observed between secure attachment and nurses' communication skills. In addition, attachment styles and emotional intelligence together predicted 36.5% of the variance in nurses' communication skills. A negative correlation was observed between avoidant and anxious attachment styles with communication skills, indicating an inverse relationship. All components of emotional intelligence, except self-management, were significantly correlated with nurses' communication skills (p < 0.05).
Conclusion: Having emotional intelligence and secure attachment are prerequisites for effective interaction of nurses in clinical settings and seem to play a decisive role in the formation of nurses' communication behaviors as the basis of mental and social health.