Effect of training emotional intelligence on components of social adjustment of female adolescents with emotional and behavioral problems with single parents

Subject Areas : Educational

farzaneh Motamedi ¹ , Ahmad Beh-Pajooh ² , Mohsen Shokoohi Yekta ³ , Gholam Ali Afrooz ⁴ , Bagher Ghobari Ghobari-Bonab ⁵

1 - Psychology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Professor of Psychology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
3 - Professor of Psychology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
4 - Professor of Psychology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
5 - Professor of Psychology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2015-04-13 Accepted : 2020-08-01 Published : 2021-05-22

Keywords: single parent, social adjustment, female adolescents with emotional and behavioral problems, emotional intelligence training program,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to evaluate effect emotional intelligence on components of social adjustment of adolescents with single parents in Tehran city. The study utilized a quasi-experimental research method with pretest-posttest and follow-up with control group. The population was all adolescents girls 13 to 16 age with emotional and behavioral problems and single parent in Tehran city in 2012-2013 (1392-93 s.c.).The sample of the study selected by a purposive sampling method and11 students in the experimental group and 12 students in the control group were among the adolescents with emotional and behavioral problems who were living in single parent families. This program was offered through workshop which consisted of 10 sessions, two hours per session. The instruments which were used in this study included Need Assessment Checklist, Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), and Youth Self Report (YSR); (Achenbach & Reskula, 2001), Social Adjustment subscale of California Personality Inventory (Tiegs, Clark & Thrope, 1941). The obtained data was analyzed using Repeated Measures of Analysis of Variance, which showed that emotional intelligence training program could significantly increase social adjustment in adolescents with emotional and behavioral problems in single parent families. (p<0/01). Participating in the workshop, has led to increasing the social adjustment of adolescents with emotional and behavioral problems that living in single parent. Therefore, it is concluded that emotional intelligence skills training, as basic skills of mental health, can be an effective approach in increasing social adjustment of adolescent.

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