RT journal article
T1 Boosting return to work after breast cancer: The mediator role of perceived emotional intelligence
A1 Gómez Molinero, Rocío
A1 Guil Bozal, Rocío
A2 Psicología
AB Objective: This study aimed to explore work ability (WA) in breast cancer (BC) survi-vors and to examine the mechanism by which perceived emotional intelligence (PEI)acts as a covitality factor that preserves WA and promotes the return to work in thisclinical population.Methods: The sample was composed of 622 women divided into two groups: BC sur-vivors (6.75%) and healthy controls (93.25%). Participants completed the Work Abil-ity Index and Trait-Meta-Mood Scales. Descriptive statistical and serial mediationanalyses were conducted to explore the mechanism by which PEI influences the rela-tionship between BC survivors and WA.Results: Preliminary descriptive analysis showed that BC survivors displayed lowerlevels of WA than healthy controls. The overall serial mediation analysis revealed thatBC and PEI predicted 35.4% of the variance of WA. The direct effects showed thatBC and age decrease WA. Regarding PEI, our results indicated that emotional clarityand mood repair lead to higher WA, while emotional attention decreased the abilityto work in both, the BC sample and healthy controls. The mediation analysis revealedthat WA could be preserved in BC survivors by an indirect effect through moodrepair.Conclusions: Our findings support previous research demonstrating that BC patientshave lower levels of WA compared to healthy controls. This study highlighted the rel-evance of PEI as a covitality factor that enhances WA. Our research offers vital sup-port for the need to improve emotional competences in BC patients to increase WAlevels and return to work odds.
SN 1099-1611
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/33448
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/33448
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 07-nov-2026