期刊名称：Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1232-1966
电子版ISSN：1898-2263
出版年度：2015
卷号：22
期号：2
页码：338-343
DOI：10.5604/12321966.1152092
出版社：Institute of Agricultural Medicine in Lublin
摘要：Introduction. The study deals with the relationship between the emotional intelligence of people in late adulthood andtheir health behaviour not described in the earlier literature on this subject. The objective of the research was to studythe impact of emotional abilities on positive mental attitude, preventive behaviour, correct dietary habits and pro-healthpractice in selected older persons.Materials and methods. The inventory of Pro-Health Behaviour (IZZ) by Juczyński Z was applied, together with the Polishadaptation of the INTE Questionnaire of Emotional Intelligence by Ciechanowicz A, Jaworowska A and Matczak A. A total of199 people were examined. Two groups were taken into consideration: residents of care homes (DPS group) and attendeesof the Third Age University (UTW group).Results. Analyses of results showed statistically significant relationships between the variables: emotional intelligenceand the individual categories of pro-health behaviour. This correlation had a positive nature: an increase in the intensity ofemotional abilities, including the awareness of such abilities, led to the increase of health-care oriented behaviours. Thedivision into DPS and UTW groups proved to be significant for the relationships between emotional intelligence, a positivemental attitude, and correct dietary habits.Conclusions. The result of the study show that pro-health activities are directly associated with the abilities to understandand to control the emotions of older people. The data obtained confirm the positive relationship between the high levelof emotional intelligence and pro-health behaviour
