Differences in the emotional intelligence between undergraduate therapy and business students and the population norms
Students occasionally experience difficulties during work-integrated learning and clinical placements. The authors reasoned that these placement difficulties might be related to the students' emotional intelligence (EI) being underdeveloped before they commence full-time clinical placements. A...
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education
2017
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| author | Gribble, Nigel Ladyshewsky, Rick Parsons, R. |
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| description | Students occasionally experience difficulties during work-integrated learning and clinical placements. The authors reasoned that these placement difficulties might be related to the students' emotional intelligence (EI) being underdeveloped before they commence full-time clinical placements. A cross-sectional survey design was used to measure the EI of third-year undergraduate occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech pathology and second-year business students (n = 369). Results showed that over 40% of therapy students reported scores that are considered low or markedly low in the EI domains of independence, problem-solving and stress tolerance. The EI scores for therapy students that were significantly higher than the Australian EI norms were self-actualization, interpersonal relationships, empathy, and impulse control. The mean scores of business students were within the normal range for all EI domains. A recommendation of our study is to include strategies that develop EI throughout the therapy curriculum and when preparing students for clinical placements. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-589752017-11-28T06:37:56Z Differences in the emotional intelligence between undergraduate therapy and business students and the population norms Gribble, Nigel Ladyshewsky, Rick Parsons, R. Students occasionally experience difficulties during work-integrated learning and clinical placements. The authors reasoned that these placement difficulties might be related to the students' emotional intelligence (EI) being underdeveloped before they commence full-time clinical placements. A cross-sectional survey design was used to measure the EI of third-year undergraduate occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech pathology and second-year business students (n = 369). Results showed that over 40% of therapy students reported scores that are considered low or markedly low in the EI domains of independence, problem-solving and stress tolerance. The EI scores for therapy students that were significantly higher than the Australian EI norms were self-actualization, interpersonal relationships, empathy, and impulse control. The mean scores of business students were within the normal range for all EI domains. A recommendation of our study is to include strategies that develop EI throughout the therapy curriculum and when preparing students for clinical placements. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/58975 Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education restricted |
| spellingShingle | Gribble, Nigel Ladyshewsky, Rick Parsons, R. Differences in the emotional intelligence between undergraduate therapy and business students and the population norms |
| title | Differences in the emotional intelligence between undergraduate therapy and business students and the population norms |
| title_full | Differences in the emotional intelligence between undergraduate therapy and business students and the population norms |
| title_fullStr | Differences in the emotional intelligence between undergraduate therapy and business students and the population norms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Differences in the emotional intelligence between undergraduate therapy and business students and the population norms |
| title_short | Differences in the emotional intelligence between undergraduate therapy and business students and the population norms |
| title_sort | differences in the emotional intelligence between undergraduate therapy and business students and the population norms |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/58975 |