Emotional intelligence and psychological well-being in nursing professionals from southern Chile

Foundation: Health professionals and specialy those related to caring, are under certain situations which produce professional stress that affect their psychological state.Objective: to identify the levels of emotional intelligence and psychological wellbeing, respectively, in nursing professionals of the Los Lagos Region, Chile.Methods: Descriptive study with non-experimental design. A number of 97 nurses from the Los Lagos region were included. A Trait Meta-Mood Scale and the Ryff scale of psychological wellbeing were applied to evaluate the emotional intelligence and psychological wellbeing respectively, both with good levels of reliability and composed by a series of sub-scales or dimensions.Results: regarding emotional intelligence, high levels of of emotional perception were observed (35 %), emotional comprehension (36,1 %) and emotional regulation (42,7 %). A 57,5 % of the professionals had a high level of psychological wellbeing, although 33,7 % showed  low level of positive relations.Conclusion: there is a direct and significant relation between the scales of emotional intelligence and psychological wellbeing.</p

Emotional intelligence and psychological well-being in nursing professionals from southern Chile

Foundation: Health professionals and specialy those related to caring, are under certain situations which produce professional stress that affect their psychological state.Objective: to identify the levels of emotional intelligence and psychological wellbeing, respectively, in nursing professionals of the Los Lagos Region, Chile.Methods: Descriptive study with non-experimental design. A number of 97 nurses from the Los Lagos region were included. A Trait Meta-Mood Scale and the Ryff scale of psychological wellbeing were applied to evaluate the emotional intelligence and psychological wellbeing respectively, both with good levels of reliability and composed by a series of sub-scales or dimensions.Results: regarding emotional intelligence, high levels of of emotional perception were observed (35 %), emotional comprehension (36,1 %) and emotional regulation (42,7 %). A 57,5 % of the professionals had a high level of psychological wellbeing, although 33,7 % showed  low level of positive relations.Conclusion: there is a direct and significant relation between the scales of emotional intelligence and psychological wellbeing.</p

Zonas de Sacrificio y Justicia Ambiental en Chile. Una Mirada Crítica desde los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible 2030.

This paper makes a critical hermeneutical approach to the problem of Sacrifice Zones in Chile and the role historically played by Civil Society, in light of the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda. It characterizes the way in which the struggles intertwine of the social movements for life, and health and Environmental justice, with the efforts of thermoelectric companies to make their investments profitable; determining the precarious conditions in which the population survives and dies in the so-called Sacrifice Zones. A set of antecedents of the historical process of configuration of the current situation is analyzed in light of the existing Legal Framework, achieving evidence of new scenarios and conditions of possibility for the efforts of social movements, and Civil Society in general, in the struggle for more sustainable and dignified living conditions; and a more harmonious relationship with Mother Nature.La presente investigación realiza una aproximación crítico hermenéutica al problema de las Zonas de Sacrificio en Chile y el papel jugado históricamente por la Sociedad Civil, a la luz de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible de la Agenda 2030. Se caracteriza la forma como se entrelazan las luchas de los movimientos sociales por la vida, salud y Justicia Ambiental, con los esfuerzos de las empresas termoeléctricas por rentabilizar sus inversiones; determinando las precarias condiciones en que sobrevive y muere la población en las llamadas Zonas de Sacrificio. Se analiza un conjunto de antecedentes del proceso histórico de configuración de la situación actual a la luz del Marco Legal existente, logrando evidenciar nuevos escenarios y condiciones de posibilidad para los esfuerzos de los movimientos sociales, y la Sociedad Civil en general, en la lucha por condiciones de vida más sostenibles y dignas; y de una relación más armónica con la Madre Naturaleza.La presente investigación realiza una aproximación crítico hermenéutica al problema de las Zonas de Sacrificio en Chile y el papel jugado históricamente por la Sociedad Civil, a la luz de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible de la Agenda 2030. Se caracteriza la forma como se entrelazan las luchas de los movimientos sociales por la vida, salud y Justicia Ambiental, con los esfuerzos de las empresas termoeléctricas por rentabilizar sus inversiones; determinando las precarias condiciones en que sobrevive y muere la población en las llamadas Zonas de Sacrificio. Se analiza un conjunto de antecedentes del proceso histórico de configuración de la situación actual a la luz del Marco Legal existente, logrando evidenciar nuevos escenarios y condiciones de posibilidad para los esfuerzos de los movimientos sociales, y la Sociedad Civil en general, en la lucha por condiciones de vida más sostenibles y dignas; y de una relación más armónica con la Madre Naturaleza