ROLE OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN PREVENTING BURNOUT IN TRAINEE CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST

Abstract

The present research was aimed to investigate/explore the role of Emotional Intelligence in preventing Burnout in trainee clinical psychologists. Research Design was correlational. The study used purposive sampling strategy. The sample consisted of (n= 85) trainee clinical psychologists from Center for Clinical Psychology, University of the Punjab, Lahore. Emotional Intelligence Scale (Schutte et al., 1998) and Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (Kristensen et al., 2005) were used to research the variables. Descriptive Statistic and Correlation were used to compute results. Significant inverse relationship was found in emotional intelligence and personal burnout and client related burnout (sub-scales of burnout) which depicts that increased emotional intelligence will results in decrease personal and client related burnout.It was concluded that there is a significant inverse relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Burnout. Moreover, it was concluded that individuals with high level of Emotional Intelligence experience less burnout and have low perceived pressure felt due to training. The present study will contribute in the growing research of emotional health in psychologist. Implication of present study will highlight the necessary skill and need required to provide adequate training programs for the trainee to enhance their EI in them.