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Global Health Economics and
Sustainability
Emotional skills and burnout

of BS (detachment, and exhaustion), and between Rs and demands, challenges, and pressures of everyday life, based
BS (p = 0.000), both in the overall values and in the two on the capacity for self-awareness, to identify strengths and
dimensions of BS (Table 5). Only the correlation between weaknesses and to better express feelings, as well as the ability
total EI and Rs shows a moderate value, while the other to identify the emotions, feelings and needs of others, with
correlations are weak. a view to establishing cooperative relationships, in order to

4. Discussion solve problems and make decisions that benefit all parties.
In this study, the sample showed a high average perception
The aim of this study was to understand the relationship (M = 3.73) of EI, more specifically, individual ability to
between the perception of EI, Rs, and BS in a sample of understand and express their own emotions, ability to
Portuguese individuals aged 16 or over and with at least a observe and understand the emotions of others, and ability
third-level education. to regulate their own emotions, and average ability to
According to Bar-On (2006), to be emotionally direct emotions to facilitate performance (M = 3.33). The
intelligent, one must have the capacity for self-knowledge results showed that the Portuguese participants perceive
and relationships with others, effective management of the that they can understand, evaluate, and analyze their own

Table 5. Bivariate correlation between emotional intelligence0. resilience and burnout syndrome
WLEIS1 WLEIS2 WLEIS3 WLEIS4 WLEIS−Total EBCR−Total OLBI1 OLBI2 OLBI−Total
WLEIS1
Correlation 1 0.311** 0.410** 0.394** 0.751** 0.340** −0.231** −0.304** −0.299**
Sig. 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
WLEIS2
Correlation 1 0.238** 0.237** 0.588** 0.277** −0.194** −0.096** −0.167**
Sig. 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
WLEIS3
Correlation 1 0.325** 0.719** 0.450** −0.308** −0.324** −0.355**
Sig. 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
WLEIS4
Correlation 1 0.733** 0.415** −0.209** −0.309** −0.289**
Sig. 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
WLEIS−Total
Correlation 1 0.536** −0.337** −0.380** −0.402**
Sig. 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
EBCR−Total
Correlation 1 −0.307** −0.324** −0.271**
Sig. 0.000 0.000 0.000
OLBI1
Correlation 1 0.579** 0.900**
Sig. 0.000 0.000
OLBI2
Correlation 1 0.977**
Sig. 0.000
OLBI−Total
Correlation 1
Sig.
Note: ** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2−tailed).
Abbreviations: WLEIS1: WLEIS−Assessment of one's own emotions; WLEIS2: WLEIS−Assessment of the emotions of others; WLEIS3: WLEIS−
Regulation of one’s own emotions; WLEIS4: WLEIS−Use of emotions to facilitate performance; OLBI1: OLBI−Distancing; OLBI2: OLBII−Exhaustion;
Correlation: Pearson’s correlation; Sig.: significance (2−tailed).

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