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International Journal of Advanced Psychiatric Nursing

P-ISSN: 2664-1348, E-ISSN: 2664-1356
International Journal of Advanced Psychiatric Nursing
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2024, Vol. 6, Issue 2, Part B

Emot?onal express?on styles of healthcare profess?onals work?ng ?n commun?ty mental health center

Sultan Kökcealan and Ay? egül Dönmez

Objective: The style of emotional expression has an important place in communication with health professionals and patients. This study aimed to determine the style of emotional expression of healthcare personnel working in community mental health centers.
Methods: All healthcare personnel working in six community mental health centers in xxxx, Türkiye were included in the study (N=48). The Emotional Expression Styles Inventory (EESI), which is used to determine the style of emotional expression towards the individual who makes them experience that emotion as a result of experiencing happiness, sadness and anger, was used in the study.
Results: It was found that healthcare personnel working in community mental health centers reflected the self-oriented expression most frequently in the happiness emotion subscales. In sadness emotion expression sub-scale, it was found that verbal expression was the most common and aggressive expression was almost never exhibited. In the anger expression subscale, it was found that verbal expression and facial projection were the most common and aggressive expression was the least common.
Conclusion: Determining the emotional expression styles of the employees of the community mental health center will be useful in terms of noticing emotional expression towards patients.
Pages : 128-133 | 93 Views | 44 Downloads


International Journal of Advanced Psychiatric Nursing
How to cite this article:
Sultan Kökcealan, Ay? egül Dönmez. Emot?onal express?on styles of healthcare profess?onals work?ng ?n commun?ty mental health center. Int J Adv Psychiatric Nurs 2024;6(2):128-133. DOI: 10.33545/26641348.2024.v6.i2b.183
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