ABSTRACT:
Cost effective empowerment based on culture oriented to improve the emotional and spiritual intelligence in coping midlife transition is one of the best methods to adopt to prepare the middle aged into a successful or positive aging. The findings discussed in this study were original and no such studies had attempted in the selected variables. The findings enable the nursing policy makers, nurse educators and nurse practitioners to take a prompt decision to maintain the emotional and spiritual intelligence of the middle aged. The aim of this study is to maintain the psychological resiliency by the middle aged during their midlife transition with a view to prepare them to lead an active aging. The Objectives of the study: 1.Describe the emotional intelligence, the spiritual intelligence and the coping status of the middle aged on midlife transition. 2. Determine the relationship between the emotional intelligence and the coping status of the middle aged and their association with the selected demographic variables during midlife transition. 3. Determine the relationship between the spiritual intelligence and the coping status of the middle aged and their association with the selected demographic variables during midlife transition. 4. Administer an empowerment program on emotional and spiritual intelligence in coping up the midlife transition. 5. Determine the impact of empowerment of emotional and spiritual intelligence with the coping status of the middle aged with their midlife transition. The data was collected from 500 Middle aged people whose children were studying in the private college of Kannur Taluk by using convenient sampling technique. Quasi experimental study design was used in this study. The majority of the sample were unemployed married female living in the nuclear families with no complaints on health issues and they supported by their parents and siblings. They had middle level of Emotional intelligence, spiritual intelligence and coping ability and the empowerment program made significant changes in their Emotional intelligence and the coping ability. If they were empowering for a long-term run, they will be resilient in coping their mid-life transition stresses and they can lead an active and positive aging.
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Smitha J Thundiparampil. Empowerment of Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence of the Middle Aged in Coping Mid-Life Transitions to promote active aging. Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research. 2024;14(4):288-4. doi: 10.52711/2349-2996.2024.00056
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Smitha J Thundiparampil. Empowerment of Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence of the Middle Aged in Coping Mid-Life Transitions to promote active aging. Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research. 2024;14(4):288-4. doi: 10.52711/2349-2996.2024.00056 Available on: https://ajner.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2024-14-4-7
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