Emotional intelligence trainhng ,alexithymia,general health,and academic achievement
Subject Areas : روان درمانگری
Mansooreh
Nikoogoftar
1
(PhD
Al Zahra University)
Keywords: Academic Achievement, alexithymia, emotional intelligence, general health,
Abstract :
T he relationship between emotional intelligence training, Alexithymia, General Health, and academic achievement in high school students was investigated in this quasi-experimental study. To evaluate the nature of change in emotional intelligence based on acquired self-knowledge and actualization of emotional intelligence potential, 40 female high shool students were divided into experimental and witness group equally, and were adminstered the Self-report Measure of Emotional Intelligence (Schutte et al., 1998), Toronto Alexithymia Scale (Taylor & Bagby, 2000). General Health Questionnaire (Coldberg, 1972), and Symptoms CheckList-25-Revised (Najarian & Davoodi, 2001) tests. The experimental group participated in 10 sessions of emotional intelligence training based on theoretical pattern of Salovey and Mayer (1990), over a five week period. The previous test were administered a second time at the end of training sessions. The results of ANOVA and MANCOVA showed that emotional intelligence training only increased social skills (a subscale of emotional intelligence) and decreased difficulty in describing feelings (a subscale of alexithymia). No difference was observed among experimental and witness groups in terms of academic acheivement and general health.
