Emotional intelligence and coping with stress in foster parents

Aleksandra Maria Rogowska; Barbara Zmaczyńska-Witek; Ilona Łatka; Zofia Kardasz

doi:10.25167/FF/4504

Opublikowane: 2022-01-09

Tom 11 (2021)

Emotional intelligence and coping with stress in foster parents

Aleksandra Maria Rogowska

, Barbara Zmaczyńska-Witek

, Ilona Łatka , Zofia Kardasz

Family Forum

Dział: Godzenie Pracy i Życia Rodzinnego

https://doi.org/10.25167/FF/4504

Abstrakt

Chociaż w ostatnich latach przeprowadzono wiele badań dotyczących inteligencji emocjonalnej (EI) i radzenia sobie ze stresem, niewiele wiadomo na temat tych wymiarów różnic indywidualnych zarówno u rodziców biologicznych, jak i zastępczych. Głównym celem tego badania jest analiza inteligencji emocjonalnej i stylów radzenia sobie ze stresem u rodziców zastępczych, w porównaniu do rodziców biologicznych. Badaniem objęto 124 osoby w wieku od 30 do 64 lat (M = 45,18, SD = 8,72), włączając rodziców zastępczych (n = 63, 50,81%) i biologicznych (n = 61, 49,19%). Przekrojowe badanie ankietowe przeprowadzono za pomocą Samoopisowego Testu Inteligencji Emocjonalnej Schutte (SSEIT) oraz Kwestionariusza Radzenia Sobie w Sytuacjach Stresowych (CISS). W porównaniu z rodzicami biologicznymi rodzice zastępczy wykazywali istotnie wyższy poziom inteligencji emocjonalnej (EI), częściej stosowali zadaniowe style radzenia sobie ze stresem, jak również rzadziej prezentowali emocjonalne i unikowe strategie radzenia sobie ze stresem. EI korelowało dodatnio ze stylem zadaniowym radzenia sobie ze stresem, a ujemnie ze stylem emocjonalnym. Analiza regresji hierarchicznej wykazała, że EI jest silnym predyktorem zadaniowego stylu radzenia sobie. Szkolenie, skoncentrowane na poprawie zarówno EI, jak i radzenia sobie ze stresem, powinno być brane pod rozwagę jako skuteczny sposób na poprawę kompetencji rodziców.

Słowa kluczowe:

inteligencja emocjonalna, style radzenia sobie, opieka zastępcza, rodzice, analiza mediacyjna

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Rogowska, A. M., Zmaczyńska-Witek, B., Łatka, I., & Kardasz, Z. (2022). Emotional intelligence and coping with stress in foster parents. Family Forum, 11, 165–190. https://doi.org/10.25167/FF/4504

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