Relationship between emotional intelligence and leadership coaching of nurses: a correlational study

Silva, Sharlla Milênia Nogueira da; Ferreira, Thelen Daiana Mendonça; Dias, Flávia Carvalho Pena; Bernardes, Andrea; Puggina, Ana Claudia Giesbrecht; Gasparino, Renata Cristina

doi:10.37689/acta-ape/2026AO0000371

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Original Article • Acta Paul Enferm 39 • 2026 • https://doi.org/10.37689/acta-ape/2026AO0000371i linkcopy

Relationship between emotional intelligence and leadership coaching of nurses: a correlational study

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Objective To analyze the relationship between emotional intelligence and leadership coaching developed by nurses.

Methods This correlational, quantitative, and cross-sectional study was conducted in Brazil in a quaternary hospital with 94 nurses. The Brazilian version of Schutte’s Self-Report Test of Emotional Intelligence and the Questionnaire on Nurses’ Self-Perception in the Exercise of Leadership were used for collection. Correlation was analyzed using Spearman’s correlation coefficient; a 5% significance level was adopted.

Result The mean score obtained in the Self-Report of Emotional Intelligence was calculated for intelligence (133.4±12.3) and perception of leadership coaching practice (87.0±7.4). A significant, positive, and strong magnitude correlation was obtained between the total Emotional Intelligence score and all domains of Leadership Coaching.

Conclusion Total Emotional Intelligence scores have a strong relationship with the leadership coaching domains. Higher levels of Emotional Intelligence are associated with a greater ability of nurses to communicate, give, and receive feedback, empower, influence, and support the team to achieve better organizational results.

Keywords:
Emotional intelligence; Leadership; Mentoring; Nursing

Domains	n	Mean	Standard deviation	Maximum score (%)
Perception of emotions	94	38.4	5.0	76.8
Managing one’s own emotions	94	38.7	4.1	86.1
Managing the emotions of others	94	32.3	3.7	80.9
Use of emotions	94	23.8	3.1	79.5
Total	94	133.4	12.3	80.8

Dimensions	N	Average	Standard deviation
Communication	94	21.5	2.3
Giving and receiving feedback	90	26.3	2.6
Empower and exert influence	93	17.6	2.0
Support the team to achieve organizational results	88	20.7	3.0
Total	86	87.0	7.4

Brazilian version of the Schutte self-report emotional intelligence test
	Dimensions	Perception of emotions	Managing one’s own emotions	Managing the emotions of others	Use of emotions	Total
Questionnaire on Nurses’ Self-Perception in the Exercise of Leadership	Communication	0.4583 < 0.0001* 94	0.4012 < 0.0001* 94	0.4492 < 0.0001* 94	0.0705 0.4998* 94	0.4677 < 0.0001* 94
	Giving and receiving feedback	0.2923 0.0052* 90	0.4402 < 0.0001* 90	0.4003 < 0.0001* 90	0.2661 0.0112* 90	0.4648 < 0.0001* 90
	Empower and exert influence	0.2693 0.0090* 93	0.4157 < 0.0001* 93	0.3624 0.0004* 93	0.2658 0.0100* 93	0.4085 < 0.0001* 93
	Support the team to achieve organizational results	0.3052 0.0038* 88	0.4193 < 0.0001* 88	0.4441 < 0.0001* 88	0.3253 0.0020* 88	0.4874 < 0.0001* 88
	Total	0.3524 0.0009* 86	0.4343 < 0.0001* 86	0.4219 < 0.0001* 86	0.2386 0.0269* 86	0.4867 < 0.0001* 86

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[TFN1001] *p-value obtained through Spearman’s correlation coefficient