Inteligencia emocional: retrato e importancia en profesionales de la salud (trabajadores del sector fitness, cirujanos y podólogos)

Emotional intelligence (EI) refers to how people perceive, value, and show emotions, as well as those personal, cognitive, and/or social skills which define the efficacy of the people to understanding and confronting the daily problems. Up until a few decades ago, there wasn’t much knowledge about EI. Nonetheless, there has recently been increasing attention from the research community for identifying the relationship between EI and health. In this review, results of different investigations about EI and its relationships with health and job performance in samples such as health (fitness center workers, surgeons, and podiatrists) are presented. Besides, some key aspects are proposed to improve the EI aiming at reducing stress, enhancing social and mental health, and increasing human resilience to different stressor agents (workload, disease or death of a relative, etc.).