relationship between emotional intelligence and attachment styles and communication skills in nurses

Aims: among psychological factors, emotional intelligence and attachment styles can directly affect the quality of interactions and communication skills of nurses. the present study aimed to determine the relationship between emotional intelligence, attachment styles, and communication skills among nurses.instrument & methods: this descriptive-correlational study was conducted among nurses working in hospitals affiliated with tehran university of medical sciences in 2024. using convenience sampling, 291 nurses were selected as the research sample. the research tools included the bradbury and graves' emotional intelligence questionnaire, the collins and reed's attachment style questionnaire, and the barton's communication skills questionnaire. data were analyzed using correlation coefficients and regression analysis to examine the relationships between the study parameters.findings: the relationships between attachment styles and nurses' communication skills and their related parameters were significant at the 95% confidence level (p<0.05). a positive correlation (r=0.396) was observed between secure attachment and nurses' communication skills. additionally, attachment styles and emotional intelligence together predicted 36.5% of the variance in nurses' communication skills. a negative correlation was found between avoidant and anxious attachment styles and communication skills, indicating an inverse relationship. all components of emotional intelligence, except for self-management, were significantly correlated with nurses' communication skills (p<0.05).conclusion: emotional intelligence and secure attachment are prerequisites for effective interactions of nurses in clinical settings and seem to play a decisive role in shaping nurses' communication behaviors, which are fundamental to mental and social health.