Effectiveness of emotional intelligence training on psychological well-being of mothers
Subject Areas : Educational
Mohsen Shokoohi-Yekta
1
,
Negin Motamed Yeganeh
2
1 - Professor of Department of Psychology and Education of Exceptional Children, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Keywords: emotional intelligence skills, general well-being, mental health, mothers training,
Abstract :
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of emotional intelligence training on the psychological well-being of mothers. This study utilized a quasi-experimental research method with a single group pretest and posttest design.The statistical population included all mothers in Tehran, from which 21 mothers from educational regions one to five in Tehran who were selected with the available sampling method During the workshop sessions, the fifteen skills of emotional intelligence were taught by trained psychologists over seven weeks (one session for two hours per week). To evaluate the effectiveness of the training program, the Ryff's (1989) Scales of Psychological Well-Being was used and the subjects responded to this scale in pretest and posttest stages. SPSS software was used to analyze the data and the results obtained from the repeated measures analysis method showed participation in an emotional intelligence training workshops led to increasing positive relations with others (P=0/02), autonomy (P=0/03), personal growth (P=0/01) and psychological well-being of mothers (P=0/02). Nevertheless, data analysis failed to show a statistically significant difference in the reduction of mother's self-acceptance (P=0/11), environmental mastery and purpose in life (P=0/07). Findings of the present study showed that the emotional intelligence training workshop can be an effective intervention in increasing the psychological well-being of mothers.
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