Fomento de la inteligencia emocional para contribuir a la salud mental en personas que asisten a un centro de salud en la ciudad de Guayaquil 2025

Abstract

This study aims to promote emotional intelligence in order to contribute to the emotional well- being and mental health of users attending a health center in the city of Guayaquil in 2025. The objective of this work was to suggest sustainable actions so that the emotional approach gains greater strength, while also enabling and facilitating the control and regulation of emotions, thus fostering greater self-awareness among the population served. The intervention was carried out with the support of the Trait Meta-Mood Scale 24 (TMMS-24) questionnaire, and included the implementation of psychoeducational workshops oriented toward the development of socioemotional skills. The questionnaire focuses on three main dimensions: emotional attention, clarity, and repair. The project sample consisted of 17 users who regularly attend a health center in Guayaquil, both men and women, all of whom participated voluntarily. The methodology employed in this work was qualitative-descriptive, which allowed for an in-depth analysis of the users’ needs and strengths, as well as the identification of patterns or areas requiring improvement in emotion management. The results obtained indicated a medium level in the evaluated dimensions, demonstrating the need to strengthen emotional clarity, since it presented the lowest score. Through the psychoeducational workshops, skills such as self-regulation, empathy, and emotional awareness were addressed, generating a positive outcome in the participants’ ability to recognize, interpret, and regulate their emotions in everyday situations.