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Fighting stressful situations
from the viewpoint of emotional
competence
Milena Svetlin
ÂME SAINE, studio za harmonijo čutenj, Milena Svetlin s.p. zakonska in družinska terapija,
Savska cesta 13B, 1230 Domžale, Slovenija
milena.svetlin@gmail.com
Abstract
Introduction: Stress is an important factor in daily life, affecting
individual’s health. It is organism’s response to different inner and
external factors. The degree to which an individual is capable of dealing
with stressful situations is also related to his ability of emotional
processing. Emotional competence shows the way a person understands
emotions in a certain developmental period, the way he expresses,
communicates and integrates them into his self-perception. The aim
of our research project was to ascertain the impact of emotional
competence upon individual’s strategy of dealing with stressful
situations. Methods: We performed a quantitative research. Regarding
the calculation of the mutual dependence of degrees of emotional
competence (based on the Emotional competence questionnaire) and
stress handling strategies (Brief COPE questionnaire), we checked the
conditions for the calculation of correlation coefficients and applied
Spearman’s rho for the bivariate correlation analysis. The analysis
included data on 289 participants. Results: According to the research
results every subdimension of emotional competence is related to at least
four strategies of stress handling in a statistically significant measure.
Correlation between variables is weak (r=0.154), at the level of 1% risk,
to strong (r=0.589), at the level of 5% risk. Discussion: Acquisition of
emotional competence is a factor affecting the choice of functional
strategies of stress handling. Lifelong progress leads to a better emotional
condition, which, in turn, sustains active population with the ability of
creative performance in the business field, as well as with the feeling of
living a full life in private sphere.
Key words: stress, stress handling, emotional competence, emotional
condition
doi: https://doi.org/10.26493/978-961-7023-32-9.189-197
from the viewpoint of emotional
competence
Milena Svetlin
ÂME SAINE, studio za harmonijo čutenj, Milena Svetlin s.p. zakonska in družinska terapija,
Savska cesta 13B, 1230 Domžale, Slovenija
milena.svetlin@gmail.com
Abstract
Introduction: Stress is an important factor in daily life, affecting
individual’s health. It is organism’s response to different inner and
external factors. The degree to which an individual is capable of dealing
with stressful situations is also related to his ability of emotional
processing. Emotional competence shows the way a person understands
emotions in a certain developmental period, the way he expresses,
communicates and integrates them into his self-perception. The aim
of our research project was to ascertain the impact of emotional
competence upon individual’s strategy of dealing with stressful
situations. Methods: We performed a quantitative research. Regarding
the calculation of the mutual dependence of degrees of emotional
competence (based on the Emotional competence questionnaire) and
stress handling strategies (Brief COPE questionnaire), we checked the
conditions for the calculation of correlation coefficients and applied
Spearman’s rho for the bivariate correlation analysis. The analysis
included data on 289 participants. Results: According to the research
results every subdimension of emotional competence is related to at least
four strategies of stress handling in a statistically significant measure.
Correlation between variables is weak (r=0.154), at the level of 1% risk,
to strong (r=0.589), at the level of 5% risk. Discussion: Acquisition of
emotional competence is a factor affecting the choice of functional
strategies of stress handling. Lifelong progress leads to a better emotional
condition, which, in turn, sustains active population with the ability of
creative performance in the business field, as well as with the feeling of
living a full life in private sphere.
Key words: stress, stress handling, emotional competence, emotional
condition
doi: https://doi.org/10.26493/978-961-7023-32-9.189-197
