Effects of Expressive Writing on Emotional Intelligence of nursing Students Sim Hee-Sook1, Ahn Sung-Yun1 1Dept. of Nursing Science, Pai Chai University, Korea Online published on 14 May, 2018. Abstract The purpose of this study is to investigate whether emotional intelligence and related variables are enhanced by expressive writing activities after mental theme film appreciation and reading tasks among nursing students. This study applied an experimental, single group pre-post design. Before implementing the expressive writing activity, general characteristics, emotional intelligence, mental health, and mental illness attitudes were measured. After the experimental treatment, emotional intelligence, mental health, and mental illness attitudes were measured again. The participants were 41 fourth-grade nursing students in D city. After conducting the expressive writing activity with 41 students, data from 41 subjects (100.0%) were analyzed. The general characteristics of the subjects were as follows: 37 subjects were less than 21 years old (90.2%), 4 were more than 22 years old (9.8%), and 38 were female (92.7%). After the expressive writing activity, significant improvement was found in emotional intelligence (t =-2.26, p =.029) and the authoritarianism of mental illness attitudes (t =-2.07, p =.045). In conclusion, the findings suggest that developing a program that contains a variety of expressive writing activities, which can foster emotional intelligence, is recommended for nursing students. Top Keywords Expressive writing, Emotional intelligence, mental health, Mental illness attitudes, Nursing students. Top |