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    The Relationship Between Emotional Literacy Levels and Communication Skills of Midwifery Students
    (2018) Cesur, Büşra; Pınar, Şükran Ertekin; Yurtsal, Z. Burcu; Aksoy, Özlem Duran; Uçar, Tuba; Erkek, Zümrüt Yılar
    Objective Emotional literacy is the ability of individuals to recognize, understand and respond to the feelings of their own and others’ in a healthyway. It is important that midwives are professionals who recognize and manage their feelings, cope effectively with their problems, andhave meaningful relationships with their environment so that they can be able to recognize and be sensitive to the emotional needsof the individual they provide care. This research was conducted to determine the relationship between emotional literacy levels andcommunication skills of midwifery students. ( Sakarya Med J 2016, 8(1):108-116 )Materials andMethodsThe universe of this descriptive study 744 students who have studied in the midwifery department of three universities which Sivas(%40.7), Malatya (%29.3) and Tokat (%30.9) created the population of this study. The sample of the study consisted of 646 studentswho accepted to participate in the study. The data were collected using the Personal Information Form, the Emotional Literacy Scale (ELS)and the Communication Skills Evaluation Scale (CSES). Percentage distribution, mean, standard deviation, one-way variance analysis andPearson correlation analysis were used in the analysis of the data.Results The average age of the students was 20.4±1.65. At the end of the research, it was found that the average ELS score of the studentswas 122.8±25.98 (moderate) and total CSES score was 102.7±13.09 (high level). There was a significant positive correlation (r=0.532;p=0.000) between the total scores of the ELS and the CSES.Conclusion Emotional literacy levels of students are moderate, their communication skills are high, and their communication skills increase as emotionalliteracy levels increase. The creation of programs to improve the emotional literacy of midwife candidates is important to educate midwiveswho can recognize and manage their own and others' feelings, who can emphatize and have strong communicational skills in the future.