RT Journal Article
T1 The Relationship between Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence as a Protective Factor for Healthcare Professionals: Systematic Review
A1 Jiménez Picón, Nerea
A1 Romero Martín, Macarena
A1 Ponce Blandón, José Antonio
A1 Ramírez Baena, Lucía
A1 Palomo Lara, Juan Carlos
A1 Gómez Salgado, Juan
AB Emotional intelligence is an essential trait and skill for healthcare professionals. Mindfulnessmeditation has proved to be effective in increasing the wellbeing of those who practice it,leading to better mental health, self-care and job satisfaction. This paper aims to identify the recentevidence on the relationship between mindfulness and emotional intelligence among healthcareprofessionals and students. A systematic review was conducted including the databases PubMed,Cinhal, PsycINFO and Web of Science. The main variables were emotional intelligence skills andmindfulness practice. Data were extracted according to the following outcomes: authors, year ofpublication, country, study design, participants, mindfulness training intervention, tools used in datacollection and main results. The following inclusion criteria were applied: peer-reviewed articles;published in English or Spanish; published between 2010 and 2020; quantitative methodology; astudy population of healthcare professionals or students; the relationship with the aim of the study.The Joanna Briggs Institute criteria were followed for assessing the methodological quality of theselected studies. Three researchers were involved in the review. After the selection process, 10 studieswere selected out of the 197 references initially identified. These studies revealed a positive relationshipbetween mindfulness and emotional intelligence, particularly the capacity to regulate emotions.Furthermore, mindfulness is negatively related to emotional exhaustion. Training interventions basedon mindfulness have proved to be useful in promoting emotional balance, emotional awareness,emotional acceptance, emotion recognition, expressive suppression and a reduction in emotionalexhaustion. This study could serve as a basis for further research on the benefits of emotionalintelligence and practicing mindfulness for the bio-psycho-social welfare of healthcare professionals.
PB MDPI
SN 1660-4601
YR 2021
FD 2021-05
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/19941
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/19941
LA eng
NO Jiménez Picón, N., Romero Martín, M., Ponce Blandón, J. A., Ramírez Baena, L., Palomo Lara, J. C., & Gómez Salgado, J. (2021). The Relationship between Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence as a Protective Factor for Healthcare Professionals: Systematic Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(10), 5491. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105491
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026