Emotional Quotient of Third Year Nursing Students Faculty of Nursing Saint Louis College

Abstract

This descriptive research aimed to investigate the emotional quotient of nursing students, Faculty of Nursing, Saint Louis College. The samples were 35, third-year nursing students. The research instruments were a general data questionnaire and the Emotional quotient Screening Test of the Department of Mental Health, Ministry of Public Health. The Cronbach’ s Alpha Reliability Coefficient was 0.87. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics: frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The results showed that: 1) The overall emotional quotient of the samples were in normal levels. Considering the three subscales of emotional quotient (virtue, competence, and happiness), they were in normal levels. In addition, 2)The scores of virtue, was in high level of normal criteria. And the scores of competence and happiness were in normal criteria. From the results of this research, there should be activity arrangement promoting the emotional quotient to nursing students continuously, and suitable with the levels of emotional quotient of students in each year.