Does emotional intelligence predict breaking bad news skills in pediatric interns? A pilot study

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Table 1 Comparisons between other and Self Emotional and Social Competence Inventory (ESCI) scales

	Other	Self
ESCI scales (N=43)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Correlation	Dependent t-test	P
Emotional self-awareness	4.43 (0.20)	4.09 (0.60)	0.03	3.56	0.001
Achievement orientation	4.69 (0.13)	4.43 (0.43)	−0.05	3.85	0.001
Adaptability	4.48 (0.20)	4.07 (0.52)	−0.23	4.49	0.001
Emotional self-control	4.52 (0.22)	4.11 (0.46)	0.04	5.40	0.001
Positive outlook	4.53 (0.23)	4.20 (0.53)	0.06	3.69	0.001
Empathy	4.46 (0.20)	4.17 (0.50)	0.22	3.80	0.001
Organizational awareness	4.64 (0.18)	4.50 (0.51)	0.09	1.88	0.067
Conflict management	4.34 (0.24)	3.92 (0.63)	−0.00	4.10	0.001
Coach and mentor	4.38 (0.24)	3.93 (0.50)	−0.06	5.22	0.001
Influence	4.38 (0.20)	3.98 (0.58)	−0.03	4.25	0.001
Inspirational leader	4.42 (0.25)	3.81 (0.70)	0.03	5.36	0.001
Teamwork	4.67 (0.16)	4.49 (0.42)	−0.13	2.49	0.012

Table 2 Coefficient alpha for GRIEV_ING total and Emotional and Social Competence Inventory (ESCI) other scales and correlations between scales

		ESCI Other scales (N=43)
	GRIEV_ING Total (N=39)	Emotional self-awareness	Achievement orientation	Adaptability	Emotional self-control	Positive outlook	Empathy	Organizational awareness	Conflict management	Coach and mentor	Influence	Inspirational leader	Teamwork
GRIEV_ING total	0.663
Emotional self-awareness	0.010	0.863
Achievement orientation	0.042	0.539^a	0.791
Adaptability	0.222	0.693^a	0.658^a	0.893
Emotional self-control	0.086	0.437^a	0.458^a	0.799^a	0.926
Positive outlook	0.060	0.590^a	0.434^a	0.738^a	0.770^a	0.939
Empathy	0.070	0.693^a	0.586^a	0.767^a	0.673^a	0.767^a	0.871
Organizational awareness	0.007	0.671^a	0.463^a	0.769^a	0.462^a	0.499^a	0.673^a	0.923
Conflict management	0.185	0.757^a	0.602^a	0.815^a	0.623^a	0.683^a	0.727^a	0.659^a	0.863
Coach and mentor	0.128	0.580^a	0.488^a	0.589^a	0.360^b	0.366^b	0.507^a	0.599^a	0.527^a	0.900
Influence	0.152	0.750^a	0.593^a	0.801^a	0.456^a	0.558^a	0.649^a	0.772^a	0.808^a	0.753^a	0.845
Inspirational leader	0.078	0.800^a	0.593^a	0.767^a	0.458^a	0.615^a	0.645^a	0.699^a	0.784^a	0.913^a	0.831^a	0.887
Teamwork	0.014	0.641^a	0.599^a	0.814^a	0.792^a	0.815^a	0.798^a	0.644^a	0.674^a	0.662^a	0.649^a	0.690^a	0.860

Diagonal values indicate coefficient alpha for each scale. Values below the diagonal indicate Pearson correlations between scales.

^aCorrelation is significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed).

^bCorrelation is significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed).