Efectos de un programa de inteligencia emocional en la ansiedad y el autoconcepto en mujeres con cáncer de mama

Abstract

The study aims to assess the effects of an emotional intelligence programme on anxiety and seft-concept in women with breast cancer who have undergone surgery. The study sample consists of 81 women, 39 belonging to the intervention group and 42 to the control group. The study used a cuasi-experiment design of repeated pre-test-post-test measures with control group. To evaluate the program’s effect, three assessment tools were employed, TMMS-24 (Fernández-Berrocal, Extremera y Ramos, 2004), AF5 self-concept scale (García y Musitu, 1999), and STAI (Spielberger, Gorsuch y Lushene, 1982). The results of the ACNOVA postest show statistically significant improvements in the intervention group in the variables of emotional clarity, emotional reparation, in all the subscales of self-concept, as well as, a decrease in anxiety in women with breast cancer. On the other hand, it was noted that there are interactions between the variable of diagnosis time and the dependent variables.