The Relationship of Emotional Intelligence, Perceived Stress, Religious Coping with Psychological Distress among Afghan Students
The aim of present research was to study of the
relationship between emotional intelligence, perceived stress, positive
religious coping with psychological distress to in a sample of
undergraduate students in Polytechnic University in Kabul. One
hundred and fifty-tow students (102 male, 50 female) were included
in this study. All participants completed the Emotional Intelligence
Scale (EIS), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ 12), Perceived
Stress Scale (PSS-10), and the Brief RCOPE. The results revealed
that EI was negatively associated with perceived stress and
psychological distress. Also emotional intelligence was positively
correlated with positive religious coping. Perceived stress was
positive related with psychological distress and negatively correlated
with positive religious coping. Eventually positive religious coping
was significantly and negatively correlated with psychological
distress. However, emotional intelligence and positive religious
coping could influence on mental health.
[1] K. Sarah, S. K., Davis, and N. Humphrey, “Emotional intelligence
predicts adolescent mental health beyond personality and cognitive
ability;” Personality and Individual Differences, vol. 52, 2012, pp. 144–
149.
[2] S. V. Joshia, K. Srivastavab, and A. Raychaudhuria, “A descriptive
study of emotional intelligence and academic performance of MBBS
students,” Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, vol. 69, 2012, pp.
2061 – 2067.
[3] D. Goleman, “Working with emotional intelligence.” New York:
Bantam; 1998.
[4] A. Hatamzadeh, A. Molaie, and S. Shahidi, “Effectiveness of group
psycho educational training of emotional intelligence on alexithymia and
general health in Iranian students,” Procedia - Social and Behavioral
Sciences, vol. 46, 2012, pp. 968 – 972.
[5] S. Tabatabaei, N. Jashani, M. Mataji, and N. A. Afsar, “Enhancing staff
health and job performance through emotional intelligence and selfefficacy,”
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, vol. 84, 2013, pp.
1666 – 1672.
[6] M. Karimzadeh, A. Goodarzi, and S. Rezaei, “The effect of social
emotional skills training to enhance general health & emotional
intelligence in the primary teachers,” Procedia - Social and Behavioral
Sciences, vol. 46, 2012, pp. 57 – 64.
[7] F. P. Addonizio, “Stress, coping, social support, and psychological
distress among MSW students.” ProQuest Information and Learning
Company, USA, 2011.
[8] A. S. Roxas, “The relationships of psychological mindedness and
religious coping to psychological distress and adjustment in high-school
adolescents;” ProQuest, Information and Learning Company, USA,
2012.
[9] T. S. Melnyk, “A sociological perspective on stress, health, and coping,
and an examination of a proposed coping framework: The coping a
repertoire approach.” Library and Archives, Canada, 2011.
[10] N. Z. Forushania, and M. N. Besharata, “Relation between emotional
intelligence and perceived stress among female students. Procedia -
Social and Behavioral Sciences,” vol. 30, 2011, pp. 1109 – 1112.
[11] E. E. Hickman, “Religious coping, stigma, and psychological
functioning among African American HIV-positive women.” ProQuest
Information and Learning Company, USA, 2012.
[12] S. M. Suldo, E. Shaunessy, and R. Hardesty, “Relationships among
stress, coping, and mental health in high-achieving high school
students,” Journal of Psychology in the Schools, Vol. 45, 2008, pp. (4).
[13] E. K. McClain, “The Relationship of emotional intelligence to academic
performance and perceived stress in first year medical students,”
ProQuest Information and Learning Company, USA, 2010.
[14] T. M. Jones, “Profiles of coping: Religious and non-religious coping
strategies, emotional intelligence and psychological distress.” ProQuest
Information and Learning Company, USA, 2010.
[15] K.V. Petrides and A. Furnham, “On the dimensional structure of
emotional intelligence,” Personality and Individual Differences, vol. 29,
2000, pp. 313-320.
[16] J. K. Feil, “Coping with economic stressors: Religious and nonreligious
strategies for managing psychological distress,” ProQuest
Information and Learning Company, USA, 2012.
[17] S. M. Lucero, “religious coping with stressor of a firs time pregnancy as
a predictor of adjustment among husband and wives,” Thesis, Bowling
Green State University, USA, August 2010.
[18] I. C. Thune´-Boyle, J. A. Stygall, M. R. Keshtgar, and S. P. Newman,
“Do religious/spiritual coping strategies affect illness adjustment in
patients with cancer? A systematic review of the literature,” Social
Science & Medicine, vol. 63, 2006, pp. 151–164.
[19] S. N. Noorbakhsh, M. A., Besharat, and J. Zarei, “Emotional intelligence
and coping styles with stress,” Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences,
vol. 5, 2010, pp. 818–822.
[20] K.I. Pargament, B.W Smith, H. G. Koenig, L. Perez, “Patterns of
positive and negative religious coping with major life stressors,” J. Sci.
Study Relig., vol. 37, 1998, pp. 710-724.
[21] A. J. Ogunleye, “Effects of self-esteem, emotional health and social
competence on romantic relationship of adolescents in Nigeria,” An
International Journal of Arts and Humanities, Vol. 1; 4, 2012, pp. 183-
201.
[22] A. Makikangas, U. Kinnunen, and T. Feldt, “Self-esteem, dispositional
optimism, and health: Evidence from cross-lagged data on employees,”
Journal of Research in Personality, vol. 38, 2004, pp. 556–575.
[23] B. Graetz, “Multidimensional properties of the General Health
Questionnaire,” Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, vol.
26, 1991, pp. 132-138.
[24] T. J. Kalliath, M. P. O’Driscoll, and P. Brough, “A confirmatory factor
analysis of the General Health Ques-tionnaire-12,” Stress and Health:
Journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress, vol.
20, 2004, pp. 11-20.
[25] D. Goldberg, and P. Huxley, “Mental Illness in the community: The
pathway to psychiatric care”. London: Tavistock Publications, 1980.
[26] D. Goldberg and P. Williams, “A user’s guide to the General Health
Questionnaire”. Slough: Nfer-Nelson, 1988.
[27] S. P. Ramirez, D. S. Macêdo, P. M, G. Sales, S. M. Figueiredo , E. F.
Daher , S. M. Araújo , K. I. Pargament , T. N. Hyphantis, and A. F.
Carvalho, “The relationship between religious coping, psychological
distress and quality of life in hemodialysis patients,” Journal of
Psychosomatic Research, vol. 72, 2012, pp. 129–135.
[28] K. M. Stoltzfus and K. Farkas,“Alcohol Use, Daily Hassles, and
Religious Coping among Students at a Religiously Affiliated College,”
Substance Use & Misuse, vol. 47, 2012, pp.1134–1142.
[29] J. C. Yeo, “The psychometric study of the attachment to God inventory
and the Brief religious coping scale in a Christian sample,” thesis,
Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia, August, 2011.
[30] R. Bradley, A. C. Schwartz, and N. J. Kaslow, “Posttraumatic Stress
Disorder Symptoms among Low-Income, African American Women
with a History of Intimate Partner Violence and Suicidal Behaviors:
Self-Esteem, Social Support, and Religious Coping,” Journal of
Traumatic Stress, Vol. 18, 2005, pp. 685–696.
[1] K. Sarah, S. K., Davis, and N. Humphrey, “Emotional intelligence
predicts adolescent mental health beyond personality and cognitive
ability;” Personality and Individual Differences, vol. 52, 2012, pp. 144–
149.
[2] S. V. Joshia, K. Srivastavab, and A. Raychaudhuria, “A descriptive
study of emotional intelligence and academic performance of MBBS
students,” Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, vol. 69, 2012, pp.
2061 – 2067.
[3] D. Goleman, “Working with emotional intelligence.” New York:
Bantam; 1998.
[4] A. Hatamzadeh, A. Molaie, and S. Shahidi, “Effectiveness of group
psycho educational training of emotional intelligence on alexithymia and
general health in Iranian students,” Procedia - Social and Behavioral
Sciences, vol. 46, 2012, pp. 968 – 972.
[5] S. Tabatabaei, N. Jashani, M. Mataji, and N. A. Afsar, “Enhancing staff
health and job performance through emotional intelligence and selfefficacy,”
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, vol. 84, 2013, pp.
1666 – 1672.
[6] M. Karimzadeh, A. Goodarzi, and S. Rezaei, “The effect of social
emotional skills training to enhance general health & emotional
intelligence in the primary teachers,” Procedia - Social and Behavioral
Sciences, vol. 46, 2012, pp. 57 – 64.
[7] F. P. Addonizio, “Stress, coping, social support, and psychological
distress among MSW students.” ProQuest Information and Learning
Company, USA, 2011.
[8] A. S. Roxas, “The relationships of psychological mindedness and
religious coping to psychological distress and adjustment in high-school
adolescents;” ProQuest, Information and Learning Company, USA,
2012.
[9] T. S. Melnyk, “A sociological perspective on stress, health, and coping,
and an examination of a proposed coping framework: The coping a
repertoire approach.” Library and Archives, Canada, 2011.
[10] N. Z. Forushania, and M. N. Besharata, “Relation between emotional
intelligence and perceived stress among female students. Procedia -
Social and Behavioral Sciences,” vol. 30, 2011, pp. 1109 – 1112.
[11] E. E. Hickman, “Religious coping, stigma, and psychological
functioning among African American HIV-positive women.” ProQuest
Information and Learning Company, USA, 2012.
[12] S. M. Suldo, E. Shaunessy, and R. Hardesty, “Relationships among
stress, coping, and mental health in high-achieving high school
students,” Journal of Psychology in the Schools, Vol. 45, 2008, pp. (4).
[13] E. K. McClain, “The Relationship of emotional intelligence to academic
performance and perceived stress in first year medical students,”
ProQuest Information and Learning Company, USA, 2010.
[14] T. M. Jones, “Profiles of coping: Religious and non-religious coping
strategies, emotional intelligence and psychological distress.” ProQuest
Information and Learning Company, USA, 2010.
[15] K.V. Petrides and A. Furnham, “On the dimensional structure of
emotional intelligence,” Personality and Individual Differences, vol. 29,
2000, pp. 313-320.
[16] J. K. Feil, “Coping with economic stressors: Religious and nonreligious
strategies for managing psychological distress,” ProQuest
Information and Learning Company, USA, 2012.
[17] S. M. Lucero, “religious coping with stressor of a firs time pregnancy as
a predictor of adjustment among husband and wives,” Thesis, Bowling
Green State University, USA, August 2010.
[18] I. C. Thune´-Boyle, J. A. Stygall, M. R. Keshtgar, and S. P. Newman,
“Do religious/spiritual coping strategies affect illness adjustment in
patients with cancer? A systematic review of the literature,” Social
Science & Medicine, vol. 63, 2006, pp. 151–164.
[19] S. N. Noorbakhsh, M. A., Besharat, and J. Zarei, “Emotional intelligence
and coping styles with stress,” Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences,
vol. 5, 2010, pp. 818–822.
[20] K.I. Pargament, B.W Smith, H. G. Koenig, L. Perez, “Patterns of
positive and negative religious coping with major life stressors,” J. Sci.
Study Relig., vol. 37, 1998, pp. 710-724.
[21] A. J. Ogunleye, “Effects of self-esteem, emotional health and social
competence on romantic relationship of adolescents in Nigeria,” An
International Journal of Arts and Humanities, Vol. 1; 4, 2012, pp. 183-
201.
[22] A. Makikangas, U. Kinnunen, and T. Feldt, “Self-esteem, dispositional
optimism, and health: Evidence from cross-lagged data on employees,”
Journal of Research in Personality, vol. 38, 2004, pp. 556–575.
[23] B. Graetz, “Multidimensional properties of the General Health
Questionnaire,” Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, vol.
26, 1991, pp. 132-138.
[24] T. J. Kalliath, M. P. O’Driscoll, and P. Brough, “A confirmatory factor
analysis of the General Health Ques-tionnaire-12,” Stress and Health:
Journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress, vol.
20, 2004, pp. 11-20.
[25] D. Goldberg, and P. Huxley, “Mental Illness in the community: The
pathway to psychiatric care”. London: Tavistock Publications, 1980.
[26] D. Goldberg and P. Williams, “A user’s guide to the General Health
Questionnaire”. Slough: Nfer-Nelson, 1988.
[27] S. P. Ramirez, D. S. Macêdo, P. M, G. Sales, S. M. Figueiredo , E. F.
Daher , S. M. Araújo , K. I. Pargament , T. N. Hyphantis, and A. F.
Carvalho, “The relationship between religious coping, psychological
distress and quality of life in hemodialysis patients,” Journal of
Psychosomatic Research, vol. 72, 2012, pp. 129–135.
[28] K. M. Stoltzfus and K. Farkas,“Alcohol Use, Daily Hassles, and
Religious Coping among Students at a Religiously Affiliated College,”
Substance Use & Misuse, vol. 47, 2012, pp.1134–1142.
[29] J. C. Yeo, “The psychometric study of the attachment to God inventory
and the Brief religious coping scale in a Christian sample,” thesis,
Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia, August, 2011.
[30] R. Bradley, A. C. Schwartz, and N. J. Kaslow, “Posttraumatic Stress
Disorder Symptoms among Low-Income, African American Women
with a History of Intimate Partner Violence and Suicidal Behaviors:
Self-Esteem, Social Support, and Religious Coping,” Journal of
Traumatic Stress, Vol. 18, 2005, pp. 685–696.
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relationship between emotional intelligence, perceived stress, positive
religious coping with psychological distress to in a sample of
undergraduate students in Polytechnic University in Kabul. One
hundred and fifty-tow students (102 male, 50 female) were included
in this study. All participants completed the Emotional Intelligence
Scale (EIS), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ 12), Perceived
Stress Scale (PSS-10), and the Brief RCOPE. The results revealed
that EI was negatively associated with perceived stress and
psychological distress. Also emotional intelligence was positively
correlated with positive religious coping. Perceived stress was
positive related with psychological distress and negatively correlated
with positive religious coping. Eventually positive religious coping
was significantly and negatively correlated with psychological
distress. However, emotional intelligence and positive religious
coping could influence on mental health.", keywords = "Emotional intelligence, perceived stress, positive
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