Original Research Article
Year: 2021 | Month: November | Volume: 11 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 275-285
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20211133
Social Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence and the Therapeutic Relationship among Clinical Occupational Therapist
Smily Jesu Priya Victor Paulraj1,2, Shahad Fahad Alaboudi1,2, Raniah Mansour Mali1,2, Feryal Ahmad Ezzi1,2, Luluh Musaad Alawad1,2, Saba Abdullah Alqahtani1,2, Jayachandran Vetrayan1,2
1Occupational Therapy Program, College of Applied Medical Sciences - King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Corresponding Author: Smily Jesu Priya Victor Paulraj
ABSTRACT
Social and emotional intelligence has understood their own and other's feelings and reactions according to their needs. The therapeutic relationship, which considered as a foundational concept among occupational therapy practitioners, which refers to establish rapport with the patient and the therapist to understand the patient's needs and set the goal respectively. To determine the relationship between social intelligence (SI), emotional intelligence (EI) and therapeutic relationship (TR) among clinical occupational therapists. The study used quantitative non-experimental correlational design. Eighty participants recruited from eight hospitals in Riyadh. Data conducted using a closed-ended questionnaire. It contains several questions in social intelligence (MESI), emotional intelligence (Assessing emotional scale), and therapeutic relationship between them (STAR). The questionnaire distributed to clinical occupational therapists in the form of an electronic questionnaire to facilitate the data collection process. The results releveled that there was a significant relationship in social intelligence, emotional intelligence and therapeutic relationship among clinical occupational therapists (p = < 0.05). Future study needs to provide the awareness of social intelligence, emotional intelligence and therapeutic relationship among clinical occupational therapist.
Key words: social intelligence, emotional intelligence, therapeutic relationship, clinical occupational therapist.