International Journal of Cognitive Research in Science, Engineering and Education (IJCRSEE)

IJCRSEE Editorial Team; Lupco Kevereski; Marija Kotevska Dimovska; Dragan Ristevski

doi:10.5937/IJCRSEE1601017K

Authors

Lupco Kevereski Faculty of Education-Bitola
Marija Kotevska Dimovska Biznis Akademija Smilevski, MSU„G. R. Derzavin“ Bitola
Dragan Ristevski SS Josip Broz Tito-Bitola

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5937/IJCRSEE1601017K

Keywords:

stress, emotional intelligence, mental health

Abstract

If our time is stressful, than protecting and promoting of our mental health is imperative of the time that is coming.In modern literature there is a huge interest for the determination of the mental health of the emotional intelligence, which is treated as a factor for it’s keeping and development. This paper is based on the assumption that the emotional intelligence has considerable contribution for understanding the relationship between psychosocial stress and mental health, seen through three important variables: self-confidence, depression and aggressiveness. In the research were included 72 people, and for variables’ measurement are used: questionnaire for measuring emotional intelligence (P?-45), stress inventory and questionnaire for emotional structure of the person- Profile index of emotions. The results from the regressive analyses showed that stress is connected to the three indicators of the mental health. People with low emotional intelligence react with lower self-confidence and high depression and aggressiveness in stressful situations. The two competencies of emotional intelligence (EI) - self consciousness and social consciousness statistically are different from the other relevant measures which show that EI is important thing in understanding the relationship between the stress and mental health.

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