Journal article
The effect of transactional analysis training on emotional intelligence in health professions students
BMC medical education, Vol.22(1), pp.383-383
05/19/2022
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-022-03455-y
PMCID: PMC9121543
PMID: 35590318
Abstract
Emotional intelligence (EI) is considered to present a significant predictor of work performance whereas Transactional analysis (TA) is the relational perspective in communication in managing emotions. We evaluated the effect of psycho-educational training in EI and TA (TEITA) on EI among health professions undergraduates, with post-training, and at 1-month follow-up.
A total of 34 participants participated in the study where 17 participants were in the TEITA group and another 17 were in the control group. A quasi-experimental non-randomised, controlled cohort study was conducted, in which participants in the TEITA group were introduced to EI and TA concepts on a weekly basis for four weeks, at 90 min each time, and provided with opportunities for experiential sharing of emotions and coping mechanisms experienced in the previous week. Both TEITA and control groups received weekly EI and TA reading materials. All completed the 16-item Wong and Law EI Scale at baseline and post-training. The training group also completed the questionnaire at a 1-month follow-up. Wilcoxon Signed Ranks and Mann Whitney tests were used to analyse within a group and between group changes in EI scores.
Baseline EI scores in the TEITA group were lower than the control group. On completion of TEITA, EI scores in the TEITA group increased, and differences were not detected between groups. Within the TEITA group, paired increases in all domains were statistically significant, whereas, in the control group, the paired increase was only detected in the domain addressing regulations of emotion (ROE). Pre to post-training increases in EI scores were statically significantly greater in TEITA compared to control groups. At the 1-month follow-up, EI scores were sustained.
The psycho-educational training based on EI and TA is effective in enhancing EI among health professions undergraduates. Future research should investigate the effect of such training on observable inter-personal and socio-economic behaviours.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The effect of transactional analysis training on emotional intelligence in health professions students
- Creators
- Hui Yean Seow - International Medical UniversityMabel Huey Lu Wu - School of Dentistry, International Medical University, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaMandakini Mohan - International Medical UniversityNorul Hidayah Binti Mamat - International Medical UniversityHildegunn Ellinor Kutzsche - International Medical UniversityAllan Pau - International Medical University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- BMC medical education, Vol.22(1), pp.383-383
- DOI
- 10.1186/s12909-022-03455-y
- PMID
- 35590318
- PMCID
- PMC9121543
- NLM abbreviation
- BMC Med Educ
- ISSN
- 1472-6920
- eISSN
- 1472-6920
- Publisher
- BMC; LONDON
- Grant note
The research was funded by the university as part of a short study module project under grant number ID IJ185.
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/19/2022
- Academic Unit
- Prosthodontics
- Record Identifier
- 9984746168202771
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