Thesis:

The Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Irrational Beliefs with Resilience Among Nurses Working at Vasei Hospital in Sabzevar

This research examines the relationship between emotional intelligence and irrational beliefs with resilience among nurses working in Vasei Hospital in Sabzevar. The main goal of this study is to evaluate the relationship between the two variables of emotional intelligence and irrational beliefs on the resilience of nurses and to identify the components of these two variables that have the greatest prediction of resilience. The statistical population of this research included all the nurses working in different departments of Vasei Hospital in Sabzevar city with a number of 800 people. Among this population, 260 people were selected as a sample using simple random sampling method and Morgan's table. Questionnaires were distributed to these people in person and finally, by removing incomplete questionnaires, they reached 200 people. The current research was carried out by descriptive-correlation method and using standard questionnaires to measure emotional intelligence (Petrides and Farnham, 2001), irrational beliefs (Jones, 1969) and resilience (Connor and Davidson, 2003). The collected data were analyzed using simple regression analysis, step by step and correlation analysis. The results show that emotional intelligence has a positive and significant relationship with resilience and can predict 30% of the variance of resilience. And among the components of emotional intelligence, optimism has been the best predictor of resilience. On the other hand, irrational beliefs have a negative relationship with resilience and predict five percent of the variance of resilience, and among the variables of irrational beliefs, helplessness against change is the most predictive of resilience. These findings emphasize that improving emotional intelligence, especially optimism and reducing irrational beliefs can facilitate the improvement of nurses' resilience. The results of this research can help hospital managers to design more effective training and support programs to strengthen nurses' resilience.

Keywords: emotional intelligence, irrational beliefs, resilience, nurses, Vasei Sabzevar Hospital