Background: Emotional intelligence (EI), particularly the ability to regulate one’s emotions, is a key protective factor against stress and burnout in high-demand occupations, including leadership and healthcare. Compassion and gratitude practices have been proposed as brief, scalable methods to strengthen emotion regulation, yet empirical evidence from randomised controlled trials remains...
Stress remains a critical barrier to psychological wellbeing and academic functioning among university students, particularly in cognitively demanding distance learning contexts. These students often experience role conflict, social isolation, and increased mental load, which can hinder effective learning. This study examined whether a targeted web-based mindfulness intervention-focused on...