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- Creator:
- Raskin-Li, Julie Skye
- Description:
- Childhood maltreatment, from the ages of zero to 18, is a pervasive adverse experience that continues to affect the lives of many adults. The Department of Health and Human Services reported in 2014, that there were 702,000 cases of child abuse and neglect. According to Fang, Brown, Florence, and Mercy (2010) the aggregate lifetime cost of child maltreatment is estimated at $585 billion per year. These costs are attributed to life time mental health related issues like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), behavioral problems like criminality and violent behavior, as well as increased risk of chronic physical illness due to chronic stress. Child maltreatment has also been linked to decreased levels of job readiness and long term negative physical disabilities (Fang et al., 2010). Child maltreatment has a multitude of negative residual effects related to mental and physical health outcomes through the lifespan. Examining the relationships between emotional intelligence (EI) and resiliency may allow clinicians to develop treatment options that could lead to a decrease in transgenerational patterns of violence. The connection between neurobiology, childhood maltreatment, and emotional resilience were explored as a way to understand the outcomes for mental and physical health problems as a result of child maltreatment. One hundred and twenty-five participants were assessed for levels of emotional intelligence and resiliency using the The Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire Short Form (Petrides, 2009) and The Resilience Scale (Wagnild, 2014), respectively. Participants were also assessed for the presence of adverse childhood experiences using the Adverse Childhood Experience Survey (Felitti & Anda, 1997). Results revealed a significant correlation, r(125) = .534, p < .001, which demonstrates that when an individual is higher in EI they are more resilient to adverse childhood experiences in adulthood. The finding that EI and resilience are related may help clinicians better deal with the deleterious consequences of childhood trauma.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Department:
- Psychology
- Creator:
- Benitti, Pete
- Description:
- Empirical research on the intersection of wellness and higher education leadership is lacking (Bass, 2008; Cioffi, 2018; Riera, 2013). The emotional wellness of leaders is an issue that has received even less attention (Cioffi, 2018). Findings from this mixed-methods study suggest leaders often incur an emotional toll while dealing with the pressures of leading. These findings are in light of the stress-related turnover that the literature suggests is increasing for leaders (Gagliardi, Espinosa, Turk, & Taylor, 2017; Gardner, 2016; Selingo, 2016; Wheelhouse Center for Community College Leadership and Research, 2016). Further complicating this situation is a perceived lack of support for leaders’ emotional wellness, conceptualized as the wellness support gap. This study uses the constructs of emotional intelligence, emotional labor, mindfulness, and emotional capital as theoretical lens with which to view emotional wellness as an untapped resource and source of support. Recommendations for professional organizations, leadership practice, and policy include the adoption of standards and best practices for the profession that include leaders’ emotional wellness.
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Campus Tesim:
- Sacramento
- Department:
- Educational Leadership
- Creator:
- Sandoval, Rosalyn Grace
- Description:
- Human service employees working in short-term foster care experience a work role that is both challenging and demanding. The nature of this work can lead to high levels of burnout and secondary traumatic stress. Using the job demands-resources model, this study examined the role of psychological resilience, emotional intelligence, and compassion satisfaction as personal resources that can foster work engagement and mitigate the effects of burnout and secondary traumatic stress. Using both employees working in short-term foster care and a student sample, results showed the importance of personal resources as a mediator between job resources and work engagement. Thus, employees who are able to utilize their personal resources of psychological resilience, emotional intelligence, and compassion satisfaction are able to mobilize their job resources which can lead to high engagement at work.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Sacramento
- Department:
- Psychology (Industrial/Organizational Psychology)
- Creator:
- Long, Samantha N.
- Description:
- The current study seeks to address foster parents' knowledge of a concept known as Emotional Intelligence, which is a person's ability to label and understand one's own emotions, as well as the emotions of others. This study also seeks to understand foster parents' ability to promote Emotional Intelligence and recognize emotions and change in emotions among children. Few studies to date address the emotional needs specific to the foster care population and how foster parents can best support social and emotional development in this population. The study found foster parents' demonstrated the ability to notice change in emotions of their foster children. Additional findings suggest that foster parents who value emotional expression are likely to engage in conversations regarding emotions. Foster parents must have a clear understanding of the value of Emotional Intelligence in order to follow through with behaviors which support Emotional Intelligence.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- Sacramento
- Department:
- Social Work