Bases teóricas que guían a la psicología de la conservación ambiental / Theoretical bases guiding conservation psychology

En este artículo se presenta una breve revisión de las teorías más relevantes utilizadas para explicar el comportamiento proambiental. Las teorías científicas permiten captar relaciones complejas, claves para entender los problemas del mundo real, y facilitan la identificación de los componentes más importantes implicados en la explicación de tales problemas, con el fin de poder predecirlos en el futuro. El comportamiento ambiental, es abordado desde las denominadas teorías de largo alcance, es decir, marcos conceptuales como el conductismo, la psicología evolucionista y el cognitivismo, que sirven para explicar cualquier tipo de comportamiento, así como por teorías más específicas centradas en analizar los comportamientos con impacto ambiental, entre las que se encuentran los escenarios de conducta, la teoría de lasaffordances, y las teorías sobre la relación persona-ambiente. En este trabajo se expone resumidamente cada uno de estos planteamientos teóricos junto a sus principales modelos explicativos

The aim of this paper is to present a brief review of the most relevant theories used to explain pro-environmental behavior. Scientific theories allow us to capture complex relationships, key to understanding real-world problems, and they facilitate the identification of the most important components involved in the explanation of these problems, in order to predict them in the future. Environmental behavior is approached based on what are known as long-range theories, that is, conceptual frameworks such as behaviorism, evolutionary psychology and cognitivism, which explain any type of behavior, as well as more specific theories focused on analyzing behaviors with environmental impact, including behavioral settings theory, the theory of affordances, and theories about the person-environment relationship. This paper summarizes each of these theoretical approaches together with their main explanatory models

Differences between men and women with a dismissing attachment style regarding their attitudes and behaviour in romantic relationships.

Research to date has revealed that the association between gender, attachment and the quality and functioning of intimate relationships is complex. This study examined the relationship between gender and attachment styles in attitudes to communication with one's partner and in the number of past relationships in a sample of 746 Spanish undergraduates. The Relationship Questionnaire was administered to them to determine the adult attachment style. The results revealed the existence of differences according to the adult attachment style and gender with regard to the two measured variables, and a significant effect of the interaction between gender and attachment. Dismissing men reported the highest average scores in the number of past relationships, with significant differences appearing when they were compared with secure and preoccupied men. However, dismissing women did not differ from the rest of the women with other attachment styles. When men and women with the same attachment styles were compared in this variable, the only significant differences were found between dismissing men and women (with the latter reporting fewer partners). In the case of attitudes to expressing feelings to one's partner, dismissing men reported the most negative attitudes, compared with secure and preoccupied men. Dismissing women, unlike the men, did not differ in their attitudes either from preoccupied or fearful women. Moreover, clear differences were shown between dismissing men and women in these attitudes (more negative in the case of men).

Relación entre inteligencia emocional percibida, personalidad y capacidad empática en estudiantes de enfermería / Relationship between perceived emotional intelligence, personality and empathic behavior in nursing students

El objetivo de este estudio ha sido examinar la relación entre la inteligencia emocional percibida (IEP), los rasgos de personalidad y la empatía en estudiantes de enfermería. Además, se examinó la contribución de la inteligencia emocional y de la personalidad como predictores de las dimensiones de empatía. Para ello fue seleccionada una muestra de 135 estudiantes de enfermería de la Universidad de Jaén (España), quienes contestaron a las escalas de medida TMMS-24, NEO-FFI e IRI. Los resultados indican que existen relaciones positivas entre las dimensiones de la IEP, rasgos de personalidad y empatía. Además, la atención y reparación emocional se muestran como predictores de la implicación empática. En conclusión, los resultados hallados ponen de manifiesto la importancia que, para estos futuros profesionales, tiene el manejo de las propias emociones en relación a la Implicación empática. Se sugiere incluir en la formación de los estudiantes de enfermería, programas destinados al entrenamiento en inteligencia emocional (AU)

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between perceived emotional intelligence (PEI), personality traits and empathy in nursing students. In addition, the contribution of emotional intelligence and personality as predicting factors in the dimensions of empathy was analyzed. In order to carry out the experiment, a sample of 135 nursing student of the University of Jaen (Spain) was selected to answer the TMMS-24, NEO-FFI and the IRI questionnaires. The results indicate a positive relationship between the dimensions of the IEP, characteristics of personality and empathy. In addition, the emotional attention and repair are like good a predicting one of the empathy implication. In sum, the results obtained show the importance of handling one’s emotions in relation to empathy for a career in nursing. In consequence programs for training emotional intelligence would prove useful as part of the curriculum of nursing students

Predictive validity of Perceived Emotional Intelligence on nursing students' self-concept.

This study examines the role of Perceived Emotional Intelligence, in nursing students' self-concept, controlling personality dimensions. Self-image is a cognitive component of the self that contains images of who we are, what we want to be and what we express and wish to express to others. Likewise, there is also an emotional and assessable component known as self-esteem. For a profession that requires not only technical expertise but also psychologically oriented care, knowledge about the self in nursing would be crucial to further development and growth of the profession. However, the role of emotions in the formation of nursing professionals has been scarcely studied. One hundred and thirty five undergraduates from nursing studies voluntarily participated in our study. They completed a questionnaire that comprises several scales. Our results show positive correlations between the Clarity and Emotional Repair components of Perceived Emotional Intelligence and all scales of the self-concept scale. Furthermore, we found positive relationships between the Extraversion and Accountability components of personality with almost all the scales of the self-concept and negative relationships with personality and neuroticism components of the self-concept.

The relationship between emotional intelligence, occupational stress and health in nurses: a questionnaire survey.

BACKGROUND: Nurses suffer from stress and health problems owing to the characteristics of their work and their contact with patients and death. Since emotions can have an effect on work outcomes, emotional intelligence (EI) may explain the individual differences in dealing with work stress. OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the interrelationships among EI, work stress and health. We also examined the impact of socio-demographic variables (e.g. age, gender, length of service,...) on stress and nurses' health. DESIGN: A questionnaire survey (anonymous) has been carried out to detect these interrelationships. SETTING: A general public hospital in Spain PARTICIPANTS: One hundred and eighty nurses. METHODS: Data was gathered on demographic information and work, stress, health and EI. Beyond descriptive statistics, analyses of variance, mean differences and regression analyses were computed. RESULTS: Findings show a differential effect of the EI components in stress and health. As far as stress is concerned, the results show that the nurses who score high in clarity and emotional repair report less stress, whereas those with high scores in attention to emotions experience greater levels of stress. Furthermore, we find a positive relationship between age, length of service and stress, with younger nurses and those with a shorter length of service experiencing less stress. However, EI and health are not related to age or to length of service. Also, we find that married nurses report better general health. CONCLUSIONS: EI is shown for nurses as a protective factor against stress and a facilitative factor for health (especially the Clarity and Repair dimensions). These comments could be especially important in training future professionals in these abilities.

Inteligencia emocional percibida y satisfacción laboral en contextos hospitalarios. Un estudio exploratorio con profesionales de enfermería / Perceived emotional intelligence and job satisfaction among nurse proffesionals

La investigación reciente aporta resultados según los cuales la Inteligencia Emocional (IE) es una de las variables individuales que predicen el rendimiento en el trabajo y, aunque todavía los estudios con rigor científico realizados en ambientes laborales son escasos, es uno de los criterios que se tienen en cuenta en los procesos de selección de personal. Así que, este concepto está adquiriendo cada vez más protagonismo en el panorama de la investigación psicológica actual. El presente estudio tiene como principales objetivos: por un lado, comprobar si existe alguna relación entre la Inteligencia Emocional Percibida (IEP) y la Satisfacción Laboral (SL) y, por otro, analizar si la IEP tiene capacidad para predecir la SL en profesionales de enfermería. Para ello, se ha trabajado con una muestra de 180 enfermeras de un hospital público de la ciudad de Jaén. Las variables objeto de estudio fueron evaluadas a través de los autoinformes de los sujetos. Para medir la IEP se ha utilizado el Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS) de Salovey, Mayer, Goldman, Turvey y Palfai (1995), y la SL ha sido evaluada a través de la Overall Job Satisfaction (OJS) de Warr, Cook y Wall (1979). Los resultados ponen de manifiesto que existe una relación positiva entre uno de los factores de la IEP (Reparación Emocional) y dos de las dimensiones de la SL (Satisfacción intrínseca y Satisfacción general). Por otra parte, los análisis de regresión jerárquica indican que la IEP explica parte de la varianza de la SL que no es explicada por variables como la edad, sexo, años de antigüedad, elección de destino y turno de trabajo. Estos hallazgos sugieren que para explicar la satisfacción en el trabajo de los profesionales de enfermería hay que tener en cuenta, entre otros, tanto factores cognitivos como factores emocionales

The present work has two main aims: on one hand, we wanted to test whether there is any relationship between Perceived Emotional Intelligence (PEI) and Job Satisfaction (JS) and, on the other, to analize whether PEI is able to predict JS among nurse proffesionals. 180 nurses (both men and women) from a public hospital of Jaén have participated in our study. Our variables were tested by self-report questionnaires. Specifically, to measure PEI we used Salovey, Mayer, Goldman, Turvey & Palfai´s (1995) Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS) and WS has been tested by Warr, Cook & Wall´s (1979) Overall Job Satisfaction (OJS). Our results show that there is a positive relationship between one factor from the PEI (Emocional Repare) and JS, both with the global store and with the dimensions scores (Extrinsic Satisfaction and Intrinsic Satisfaction). On the other hand, hierarquical regression analises point out that the PEI explain part of the JS variance that was no explained by age, sex, time of service, destination choice and working timetable. These results suggest that job satisfaction among nurse proffesionals is explained, among others, by cognitive and emotional variables